The AI desk
Research, products, policy and the companies behind them — our own reporting alongside an editor-curated group of AI publications, each named on the story.
Workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth launches best practice guide on AI adoption after Qantas and Canva job cuts Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Entry-level jobs will be the first to be automated due to AI, but it could mean fewer hours and higher wages for ordinary workers – or…
In today’s newsletter: US intelligence reportedly believes the former tech executive was recruited by Beijing, raising questions about the security of the AI industry and Trump’s close ties to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang Good morning. Espionage is supposed to be a secretive business, and spies are supposed to be…
MIT scientists developed a training method to generate models that simulate the effects of human activities on climate much more quickly than other approaches.
Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checks Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found. Although the technology can…
Nvidia's board is preparing to dismiss CEO Jensen Huang following a report from the New York Times about a second alleged extramarital affair, just days after he admitted to a separate…
AI NewsUnited says it won't let personal AI assistants book tickets on the airline, citing both privacy and regulatory concerns. The company says it hasn't yet seen many people try to use AI…
AI NewsAn OpenAI model helped me teach the Microduck to waddle and moonlight as a tiny cat butler.
AI NewsLatest example of the AI boom’s circular financing comes as AI trade wobbles.
AI NewsAny amount of AI coding is too much for many Independent Games Festival judges.
AI NewsRadical Numerics has developed a model that it says can identify natural and AI-engineered pathogens without an internet connection.
AI News“It has left a sour taste in my mouth,” says a Heated Rivalry fanfic author who found her work uploaded to AO3 mirror sites without her consent.
AI NewsGoogle has cooked up a new experimental AI tool called Tabletop that generates customized collaborative hubs to help you coordinate with family, and friends. The Tabletop platform shares…
AI NewsChina’s use of sexpionage is a well-established intelligence tactic with recent, high-profile examples. So how did the world’s most powerful AI executive fall for it?
AI NewsResearchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled a new AI model designed to unravel how changes in our DNA affect different cells, giving scientists a more detailed view of a notoriously…
AI NewsThe four-week project hints that AI could make formal verification far more practical.
AI NewsSome of the most impressive tech that Adobe showcases at its annual Max conference each year is the experimental features it's developing, and the latest of those tools are being announced…
AI NewsThe young girl’s parents allege that she used Gemini via her school Chromebook to plan her suicide, but the school’s monitoring systems didn’t know until it was almost too late.
AI NewsSwatters are increasingly using AI technology that creates synthetic voices or sound effects to generate remarkably believable fake emergency calls to law enforcement.
AI NewsThe Office for Students says students can frequently use AI "in ways that cannot be reliably detected".
AI NewsAmazon's roaming Ring Robotics devices will debut in late 2026 and early 2027.
AI NewsResearcher finds 35,000 Grok Build apps wide open to anyone who looked for them.
AI NewsMathematician Steven Strogatz discusses his new book, Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World .
AI NewsAs espionage targets go, Jensen Huang is perhaps one of the least surprising on Earth. The Nvidia CEO runs one of the world's most valuable companies, controls the in-demand technology…
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