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Children’s brains are hardwired to learn, and learn fast.

Allow students to use this ‘sneaky drug’, just not at assessment time

We should welcome AI into all aspects of learning, but we’re already playing catch-up when it comes to restricting it from all forms of assessment.

  • Ed Cavanough
Has Donald Trump just helped China get ahead in the AI race?

Trump is the wildcard that could blow up AI

The ultimate fate of the technology that promises to transform the world looks to be in the hands of an erratic president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Retailers considering generative AI for their online support need to balance convenience with the technology’s infamous unpredictability.

Retailers will be held responsible for what their chatbots tell you

As more companies turn to generative AI to communicate with their customers, experts say a generic disclaimer like “AI makes mistakes” isn’t good enough.

  • Tim Biggs
As AI upends industry and jobs, choosing degrees that will withstand the disruption is becoming increasingly important.

Future-proofing your career: Which degrees will survive AI disruption?

As AI continues to disrupt, choosing degrees that will stand the disruption and prepare students for future jobs is becoming increasingly important.

  • Emily Chantiri
Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar.

Afterpay billionaire rejects ‘AI-washing’ claim as thousands are fired

Half of the “buy now, pay later” company’s jobs in Australia have been cut, but co-founder Nick Molnar insists the business has never been stronger.

  • David Swan
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Abnormal AI executive Tim Bentley faces two assault charges related to an incident at the Ramblin Rascal Tavern

AI tech executive charged with assault after alleged bar attack

Tim Bentley, vice president of sales at $7 billion cybersecurity start-up Abnormal AI, allegedly attacked a guitarist in a Sydney metal band last month.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Claude is so entrenched within the US Defence Department – Pete Hesgeth’s “Department of War” – that the administration has, despite the immediacy of Trump’s directive, given the department six months to phase it out and  replace it with Anthropic rivals’ models.

Trump declares war on one of his weapons

Even as Donald Trump directed government agencies to “immediately cease” all use of Anthropic’s Claude AI tools last week, they were being used to launch the assault on Iran.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
AI tools could soon benefit customers of financial services.

Many of us pay our bank a ‘lazy tax.’ AI could change this

AI isn’t only a cost-cutting tool for companies to ruthlessly exploit. It could also change the way millions of people behave with their money.

  • Clancy Yeates
After being convicted of insider trading in 2016, Oliver Curtis is now co-CEO of Firmus, which he also co-founded.

From jail to the C-suite: The AI firm co-founded by a former insider trader

A $6 billion business co-founded by Oliver Curtis and his cousin Tim Rosenfield has attracted blue-chip backers. But not everybody is convinced.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and David Swan