Palantir sues engineers who left to form ‘copycat’ AI firm
Palantir Technologies has sued two of its former senior engineers, accusing them of using the software company’s secret information to launch a “copycat” firm, Percepta…
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Services Australia to “uplift” child support online account platform
Services Australia will deliver a “full digital platform uplift” to the online account system used for accessing child support by sometime next year. Work on…
Australian chief at US defence contractor L3Harris sold exploits to Russia
The United States Department of Justice said Peter Williams, an Australian who worked as the general manager for a division of US defence contractor L3Harris,…
Tasmanian gov agencies impacted by cyber attack
Tasmania’s government has confirmed that a third-party system used by several state agencies has been hit by a cyberattack. Hackers have managed to steal pupil…
Coles offers ChatGPT Enterprise to corporate staff
Coles Group has started deploying ChatGPT Enterprise to “parts” of its corporate workforce ahead of a “full workforce rollout” planned for February 2026. The retailer…
Vic gov agencies flying blind on server security, audit finds
Victorian government agencies do not fully know what servers are on their networks, the state’s official audit office has found, potentially jeopardising a critical foundation…
NSW Office for AI appoints its first director, looks for 13 more staff
The recently formed NSW Office for AI has appointed its first director and is currently hunting for 13 staff to advise state departments on responsible…
Coles to transform finance as ‘cloud ERP’ program evolves
Coles Group is in the “early stages” of transforming its finance processes that run on SAP, as it seeks to take advantage of regular feature…
Amazon launches AI infrastructure project
Amazon.com has launched its compute cluster project called Rainier, and added that artificial intelligence firm Anthropic will use more than a million chips of the…
Tasmanian gov agencies hit by cyber attack
Tasmania’s government has confirmed that its VETtrak vocational student management system, which is used by several state agencies, has been hit by a cyber attack.…
Labor passes new triple zero laws
Labor has passed new ‘triple zero’ telecommunications laws that give the government powers to directly intervene in industry to ensure emergency call services run reliably.…
Microsoft and OpenAI reach deal
Microsoft and OpenAI announced a deal to allow the ChatGPT maker to restructure itself into a public benefit corporation, cementing CEO Sam Altman’s power within…