iTnews Cloud Covered Breakfast Summit heads to Sydney
Following the success of the iTnews Cloud Covered Breakfast Summit in Perth, the series is now heading to Sydney, where discussion will turn to the next phase…
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iTnews State of Security breakfast roadshow kicks off in Brisbane
Australian security and technology leaders will gather in Brisbane as part of the inaugural iTnews State of Security Breakfast Roadshow, a new event series exploring…
Westpac hires a chief AI innovation officer
Westpac has appointed a chief AI innovation officer, with former CBA and Meta engineer Maggie Shi hired for the new role. Shi revealed the appointment…
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…
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…