White House to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos access
The US government is planning to make a version of Anthropic’s frontier AI model Mythos available to major federal agencies amid concerns that the tool…
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Fibre break hits Vocus customers across two states
Vocus customers across Victoria and NSW experienced a major service outage after one of the carrier’s fibre links broke at Broadford, north of Melbourne. Vocus…
Home Affairs’ chief digital officer is leaving
Home Affairs’ chief digital officer Radi Kovacevic is leaving the agency to take up the vacant chief information and digital officer role at Austrade. Radi…
AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you
As people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for advice, some US lawyers are telling their clients not to treat AI chatbots like trusted confidants when…
South32 sues Siemens over alleged software flaw
South32 Aluminium is suing Siemens after a steam turbine generator overheated and was “effectively destroyed”, allegedly owing to missing code in a programmable logic controller.…
Super funds seek to coordinate sector’s cyber threat response
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has applied to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for authorisation to operate a dedicated threat…
Essential Energy turns to AI for safety inspections
Essential Energy is preparing to deploy a new AI application that will help it to spot safety issues across its distribution network sooner and more…
Superloop puts functional separation bid to ACCC
Superloop is seeking regulatory approval for a joint structural separation plan extending from its $165 million acquisition of fibre-to-the-premises operator Lynham Networks. The Australian Competition…
Fintel Alliance starts planning its next-gen analytics hub
Australia’s Fintel Alliance of banks, police and regulators is set to evolve its collaborative analytics hub so that it can scale up to meet expanded…
NBN Co overestimates costs of providing better service
NBN Co is vastly overestimating the costs associated with improving service standards on its network, according to economic analysis prepared for the Australian Competition and…
Cyber resilience rises up the board agenda as attacks intensify: Infotrust
“Cybersecurity is not something you can completely outsource,” says Julian Challingsworth, MD and CEO of Infotrust. “It’s really a board-level responsibility.” In this edition of…
Wireless Broadband Alliance claims wi-fi security on a par with cellular
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) industry alliance organisation claims wi-fi networking now achieves parity with cellular technologies when it comes to security capability and confidence.…