Tag: Artificial intelligence (AI)
Australia has led the way regulating gene technology for over 20 years. Here’s how it should apply that to AI
If we want better oversight and accountability about how AI affects all our lives, we don’t have to start from scratch.
AI affects everyone – including Indigenous people. It’s time we have a say in how it’s built
Unless AI developers start involving Indigenous people, their claims about the technology benefiting all of humanity will continue to ring hollow.
AI is a multi-billion dollar industry. It’s underpinned by an invisible and exploited workforce
Data labellers are the lifeblood of the AI industry. Yet they are often paid very low wages, work in unsafe environments and lack basic workplace protections.
Online spaces are rife with toxicity. Well-designed AI tools can help clean them up
Our research found high rates of tech-based abuse – so our team is designing a new AI tool to detect and document toxic comments.
In a new manifesto, OpenAI’s Sam Altman envisions an AI utopia – and reveals glaring blind spots
The AI industry is expending vast resources on growth, fuelled by unrealistic optimism about technology and the future.
The United Nations has a plan to govern AI – but has it bought the industry’s hype?
A UN report proposes seven recommendations for addressing gaps in current AI governance. It’s a small step forward, but it needs refining.
OpenAI’s data hunger raises privacy concerns
A string of recent deals by the cutting-edge AI company suggest an interest in large amounts of behavioural, health and biometric data.
‘Side job, self-employed, high-paid’: behind the AI slop flooding TikTok and Facebook
In places like India, Vietnam and China, churning out weird AI videos is the latest side hustle for students and stay-at-home mothers.
Australia’s new scam prevention draft is welcome – but it needs to be broader in scope
Last year, Australians lost more than $2.7 billion to scammers. The government’s new scam prevention framework is currently open for public consultation.
Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theory rabbit holes?
A new experiment shows AI chatbots aren’t only good for spreading disinformation – but it comes with plenty of caveats.
The latest version of ChatGPT has a feature you’ll fall in love with. And that’s a worry
Even OpenAI is worried about people developing intimate relationships with the new human-like version of its language model-cum-chatbot. But it should have known the risks.
Kids are digital natives. They have ideas to help protect children from being harmed online
There’s ever-evolving ways for children and young people to be harmed online. Here’s what kids think about the harms they experience and how to prevent them.
Australia’s privacy regulator just dropped its case against ‘troubling’ facial recognition company Clearview AI. Now what?
The decision underscores the importance of strengthening privacy laws and enforcement powers of regulators.
A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem
AI systems mass-producing cheap research would be bad news for an already struggling scientific ecosystem.
Can AI pick IVF embryos as well as a human? First randomised controlled trial shows promise
A study of more than 1,000 IVF patients showed a deep learning software system was almost as good as human experts at choosing viable embryos.