Anthropic plans to change enterprise data retention policy
Key points Anthropic plans to give enterprise customers greater control over their data, shifting its data retention policy for the Claude chatbot maker. Business customers…
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How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
Key points A student who spotted a supply-chain hack on GitHub later learned he had been arguing with a rogue AI agent, not a human…
Fed gov pays to access at least six AI suites
Key points A Senate estimates question from Senator Jane Hume has produced the first real census of AI subscriptions across federal government, with 67 entities…
Minister to launch smart device security labelling pilot at Connecting Technology Summit
The conversation around securing connected devices in Australia is entering its next phase and smart product vendors and manufacturers are preparing to put their products…
Superloop turning AI savings into security and compliance boost
Superloop has revealed that it has started diverting cost savings generated by its investments in AI-based customer service into other areas of its technology budget.…
Vocus names chief AI officer
Vocus has named Ben Chan as its chief AI officer, with a remit to lead the telco’s “company-wide AI strategy” as well as centre of…
Seven West Media drops Teradata in intelligence layer modernisation
Key points Seven West Media has ended its Teradata supplier relationship, migrating data to a new architecture combining Snowflake, Databricks and Salesforce. The 12-week migration…
NDIA fended off March TeamPCP supply-chain hackers
Key points The NDIA says multi-layered security controls stopped hackers calling themselves TeamPCP from exploiting its systems during a March supply chain attack. Security vendor…
Metcash exploring agentic AI to automate retail ordering
Key points Metcash is exploring agentic AI for its retail ordering systems to win market share from rivals in wholesale goods distribution. Simon Williams described…
Google to buy Spirit Airlines’ business data for US$10 million
Key points Google is acquiring internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for US$10 million ($14 million) to use for product development and AI training.…
Queensland TMR senior leaders driving AI
Key points Director general Sally Stannard and CFO Nick Shaw are driving leader-led AI adoption across TMR, according to Paul Hesford. TMR already uses Microsoft’s…
OpenAI slows model training to bolster security
Key points OpenAI has paused model testing for two weeks and put training on hold for its next-generation model, Astra, after an AI agent under…