DVA trials ChatGPT-based tool with 300 staff
Australia’s lead veterans’ welfare department has started testing an AI chatbot in the hope of making it easier for staff to access policy and compensation…
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M365 portal buckling as demand for Copilot refunds soar
Microsoft is struggling to meet customer demand for refunds related to its Copilot AI agent add-on to M365 after announcing the offer early yesterday. “Customer…
Microsoft launches ‘superintelligence’ team – iTnews
Microsoft is forming a new team that wants to build artificial intelligence that is vastly more capable than humans in certain domains, starting with medical…
NAB hits milestone with tech role insourcing
NAB is continuing to reduce reliance on contractors in its technology function, while increasing cloud adoption and use of AI by its engineers, under an…
Microsoft in damage control over Copilot bundling bungle
Microsoft Australia has moved to minimise potential damage from the competition regulator’s federal court bid to penalise it for the way it sold M365 subscription…
Australia and US impose sanctions on North Korean cyber ops
Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four entities and one individual linked to North Korea’s cryptocurrency theft operations, foreign minister Penny Wong…
Amazon sues Perplexity over ‘agentic’ shopping tool
Amazon is suing Perplexity AI over the startup’s “agentic” shopping feature, which uses automation to place orders for users, saying it covertly accessed Amazon customer…
The BoM has finally tamed SSL
It was a punchline, a source of memes and, occasionally, even an ensign for those pathologically opposed to big government tech-spends. For nearly 30 years,…
ABC drops Salesforce for Braze
Australia’s public broadcaster has switched its email marketing infrastructure from Salesforce to Braze with the aim of improving audience engagement The ABC revealed that it’s undergoing…
Australia includes Reddit, Kick in teen social media ban
Australia’s internet watchdog has widened its world-first teen social media ban to include Reddit and video live streaming platform Kick, and said more sites could…
State-sponsored threat actors abuse Gemini AI, Google says
State-sponsored threat actors from China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea have all managed to misuse Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence throughout 2025 to hone their malicious…
Uniting uses GenAI to cut admin burden for frontline care workers
Uniting NSW.ACT, has developed a new digital front door to provide carers with mobile access to essential enterprise systems on the go. Andrew Dome, Uniting…