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I’m unleashing a chatbot of myself. She has a few of my quirks but can go rogue

Ever wanted to yell at this columnist? Meet the virtual “me”. We’ve created her as an AI experiment – if you’re up for the argument.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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What the ABC should learn from Joe Rogan … and Popeye

For a decade, the ABC has been on a forlorn quest for digital relevance. It’s time it dared to be itself again – and took the risks required to be interesting.

  • Malcolm Knox
From left: Nine CEO Mike Sneesby; Beverley McGarvey, Paramount Executive Vice President; Greg Hywood, Free TV Australia chair; and former Seven West Media CEO James Warburton during a hearing in Canberra in February.

‘Sobering reality’: What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like

With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies, is there a way out of the advertising downturn, or is it time to face up to a new normal?

  • Calum Jaspan
Customers stand beneath an Apple logo at the Apple store in New York.

The digital revolution may be returning us to hi-tech serfdom

Led by a few big tech companies – Meta, Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft – the digital revolution is turning capitalism into “technofeudalism”.

  • Ross Gittins
The sudden cost impost of everything from our mortgages to our supermarket trips requires some sort of strategy heading into the new year.

Coffee, cash, and culture: Cashless utopia not a fit for everyone

A cashless society may feel a lot more secure for many, but can also be prohibitive for a number of communities,

  • Victoria Devine
Commonwealth statutory declarations will officially join the digital age when the federal government changes the centuries-old practice so that declarations can be made through the MyGov app, electronic signatures and video-link witnessing

Stat dec signatures to go the way of the wax seal after digital approval

Australians spend 9 million hours a year executing and processing more than 3.8 million statutory declarations, but from next year, they’re available online.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Construction work, office jobs and even judges will be impacted by artificial intelligence.

Could a robot do your job? Industries facing AI revolution still not prepared

Industries expected to be most impacted by AI disruption are struggling to define how they would see it regulated, and time is running out.

  • Amber Schultz
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Time is running out to subdue AI’s overwhelming power

The world is at a “seatbelt moment” with machine learning as it was when the basic safety device was imposed on the car industry in the 1960s and 70s, but so far, no one is installing the seat belts.

  • Peter Hartcher
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How did FTX go bust – and what does it mean for crypto?

A boy wonder. A bitter corporate rivalry. Luxury penthouses and secret political donations. What brought down the FTX empire? And what is its founder charged with?

  • Sherryn Groch
New Government services minister Bill Shorten said the myGov revamp will be an ongoing process.

Refresh: myGov gets new look ahead of app launch

Government services minister Bill Shorten said he wants Australia’s digital portal to be the world’s best.

  • Tim Biggs

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