CBA publishes anti-abuse AI and ML model – Finance – Software
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has open-sourced the artificial intelligence and machine learning model that it uses to detect abusive language in transaction descriptions. The…
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Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model – Software
Amazon is investing millions in training an ambitious large language model (LLMs), hoping it could rival top models from OpenAI and Alphabet, two people familiar…
DTA looks for a whole-of-gov approach to generative AI – Strategy – Software
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is set to explore technology options for a whole-of-government approach to generative AI. The agency, which now plays a digital…
Defence restructures ICT function – Strategy
Defence has restructured its ICT function, renaming it as the Defence Digital Group (DDG) and establishing three divisions with oversight of ‘business’ and ‘military’ technology…
Amazon.com previews FTC defence – Strategy
Amazon.com’s top lawyer has previewed the broad outlines of the company’s possible defence against the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the retailer, at…
Confluence vulnerabilities under active ransomware exploitation – Security
The Atlassian Confluence Data Centre and Server vulnerability first disclosed last week is under active exploitation. Security company Rapid7 said it has seen attackers exploiting…
Optus outage hits banks, hospitals, enterprise users – Telco/ISP
A massive Optus outage that hit mobile and fixed services on Wednesday has impacted many major services, including banking and the health care sector. Banking…
US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets – Software
The top US consumer financial watchdog has proposed to regulate tech giants’ digital payments and smartphone wallet services, saying they rival traditional payment methods in…
Nationwide Optus outage hits mobile, fixed services – Telco/ISP
Optus engineers are working to restore services after an outage that started early this morning. According to a notice on Optus’ status page, both fixed…
QLD, SA governments back Azure OpenAI service in early GenAI experiments – Cloud – Software
The Queensland and South Australian state governments are forging ahead with practical guidance and early sanctioned uses of generative AI that run on top of…
Siemens, Ericsson warn against EU cyber security rules – Security
Siemens, Ericsson and Schneider Electric, along with industry group DigitalEurope warned that onerous proposed EU rules targeting cyber security risks of smart devices could disrupt…
Meta to bar political advertisers from using generative AI ads tools – Software
Facebook owner Meta is barring political advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products, a company spokesperson, cutting off campaigns’ access to tools that…