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KPMG Australia chief executive Andrew Yates said firms, including his own, are grappling with the challenges of AI.

AI is now the top worry for bosses, outranking inflation and housing

Staff shortages and inflation are no longer among the top concerns keeping C-suite executives and directors up at night.

  • Millie Muroi

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AI can identify spillage from BHP’s iron ore trains, avoiding accidents.

AI digs out more profits at mining giant BHP

Artificial intelligence is cutting downtime, eliminating risks and saving up to $250 million a year at the Big Australian.

  • Simon Johanson
When Google acquired his company DeepMind in 2014, Demis Hassabis embraced his new employer’s vast resources to build machines that surpassed human brainpower, so-called artificial general intelligence.

Google’s ‘chess master’ is working on AI’s killer app

A product breakthrough has long eluded Demis Hassabis, but that could change in 2026.

  • Parmy Olson
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Elon Musk’s Grok AI floods X with sexualised photos of women and minors

One expert says he warned that the AI chatbot was “a nudification tool waiting to be weaponised”.

  • AJ Vicens and Raphael Satter
Planning a wedding this year? Here are some of the trends for ceremonies for 2026.

Planning a wedding in 2026? Here is what’s trending for the year ahead

As couples seek to create personalised events, some of the older traditions such as matching bridesmaids’ dresses are on the way out. But that still leaves plenty of room for over-the-top experiences.

  • Ivy Manners
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The Quantum era crept up while you were watching AI

Step aside, artificial intelligence. Another transformative technology with the potential to reshape industries and reorder geopolitical power is finally moving out of the lab.

  • Catherine Thorbecke
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It looks like you, it sounds like you, it moves like you. And it can get you your degree

Universities and students are grappling with whether online-only degrees can do what they promise, as they face the particular challenges of AI cheating

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Seeking talking points? Why not start with a fellow human.

A billion chatbot users can’t be wrong … or can they? Let’s ask a human

It’s a job description for the 21st century: human-AI relationship coach. But this job is all about the humans.

  • Parmy Olson
A leading energy expert has warned the data centre boom could lead to higher electricity bills.

‘Not possible’: Data centre frenzy threatens to overwhelm Victoria’s power grid

A leading energy expert has warned Victorians’ electricity bills could rocket unless the state government acts now.

  • Daniella White
The US economy stands at the bleeding edge of what might be as consequential an economic revolution as the transition from farming to manufacturing, or from manufacturing to services.

After every economic norm is blithely tossed aside, what’s the future?

Everybody who claims to know where the AI revolution will lead is either lying or deluded. Investors are flying blind.

  • Clive Crook

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/artificial-intelligence-5ui