Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system
Palantir’s Maven artificial intelligence system will become an official program of record, US deputy secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg said in a letter to Pentagon…
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Yarra Valley Water betting on AI to predict asset failures
Yarra Valley Water is planning to use generative AI to predict failures across its water supply infrastructure in a bid to drive cost out of…
ATO to upgrade its IBM mainframe again in quiet $104.8m deal
The Australian Taxation Office is set to upgrade to IBM’s z17 mainframe under a $104.8 million expansion of an existing mainframe modernisation program it signed…
US, Germany, Canada disrupt botnets
Law enforcement agencies in the United States, Germany and Canada have carried out an operation to take down infrastructure used by four major botnets that…
Exploited Google Chrome zero-days added to US must-patch list
Two new serious vulnerabilities in the world’s most popular web browser, Google Chrome, are under attack at the moment and should be patched as soon…
NAB readies to scale AI-based customer interaction
National Australia Bank is gearing up for a major expansion of its AI-driven customer engagement armoury after maturing its so-called “customer brain”. Customer brain is…
Hacker says they compromised millions of confidential police tips
A hacker says they have broken into a US platform for searching law enforcement hotline messages and compromised more than 8 million confidential tips. In…
US arrests Super Micro co-founder for allegedly smuggling GPUs into China
A co-founder of high-performance computer server maker Super Micro, Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw was arrested this week with two accomplices, alleged by United States authorities to…
OpenAI to buy Python toolmaker Astral
OpenAI will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio against rival Anthropic and gain more share in the artificial…
Gov to explore “future connectivity between identity exchanges”
The federal government is exploring options to connect its own digital identity exchange to others, in what appears to be precursor work to a planned…
Triple zero guardian to ponder minimum mobile network performance rules
The federal government will consider introducing minimum standards for mobile network performance as part of its comprehensive review of Australia’s triple zero calling law and…
Google developing options to allow AI opt-out in search
Google said it was developing new search controls to let websites specifically opt out of its generative AI features, as the US tech giant sought…