Researchers build self-replicating AI worm with BYO LLM
A team of researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada has assembled a self-replicating malware – a worm – that is able to reason…
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Microsoft teases new era of AI-driven devices
Microsoft, the company known for its operating system and apps, has hinted at a new wave of gadgets that will use AI agents designed to…
Defence says Palantir is “sandboxed” in its environment
Australia’s Department of Defence is using Palantir’s Maven smart system in a sandboxed environment and without its AI functionality, according to officials. Appearing before senators…
Anthropic opens Claude Mythos Preview AI program to Australia
Anthropic is expanding access to its Claude Mythos Preview model, and Australia is now included. The AI maker isexpanding what it calls Project Glasswing, an…
Superloop merges wholesale FTTP operations under a single brand
Superloop has announced that it will market its wholesale fibre-to-the-premise offerings under a single brand. Superloop CEO Paul Tyler. The move will see the Superloop…
TPG Telecom using AI to chase better customer NPS
TPG Telecom is using AI to intervene in circumstances that could be detrimental to user experience, with a view to maintaining high sentiment scores. The…
Trump administration to ask US AI firms to voluntarily submit models for cyber security tests
The Trump administration will ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models for government cyber security tests before releasing them to the…
HBF faces AI agent to members for first time
HBF Health Insurance is deploying its first generative AI agent for members with a more interactive version for its smartphone app expected to follow in…
Telstra elevates Dayle Stevens to company-wide AI role
Telstra has elevated Dayle Stevens to a newly created enterprise-wide AI leadership role, after three-and-a-half years spent overseeing the Data & AI function. Image credit:…
SUBCO, Firmus to double Tasmania’s undersea internet capacity to mainland
Tasmania’s undersea cable capacity to mainland Australia is set to double with a fresh link across Bass Strait to be built as part of an…
‘Miasma’ worm infests Red Hat npm packages
Researchers at security vendor Aikido have detected over 30 compromised Red Hat Cloud Services packages on the open source npm registry, with malware similar to…
Cbus Super Fund’s Group head of technology departs
Industry fund Cbus Super’s group head of technology Patrick Vartuli has left after a little longer two years in the role. Image credit: Patrick Vartuli/LinkedIn.…