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…
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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…
The triple zero questions that won’t go away
Mobile providers are loathed to throw customers off their networks let alone make try to make a virtue of doing it in the press. So, last…
Amazon to cut about 14,000 corporate jobs in AI push
Amazon will reduce its global corporate workforce by about 14,000 people, with more cuts expected next year, in a major shakeup driven in part by…
Home Affairs streamlines risk vetting for gov tech suppliers
Home Affairs is streamlining its security vetting procedures for Commonwealth technology suppliers, but there is a quid pro quo for vendors: ‘security can no longer…
Google’s Tabua cable to be covered by extended Sydney protection zone
Google’s Tabua submarine cable will now land in a designated protection zone in Sydney’s south after the communications regulator agreed to expand the zone boundaries.…
Researchers find vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s Atlas agentic browser
Security researchers have torn into the week-old Atlas web browser developed by artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI, finding vulnerabilities that suggest being an early adopter…
F5 warns breach that alarmed governments will weigh on sales
F5 has forecast annual revenue below Wall Street estimates, warning that a recent systems breach that triggered alarm over potential risks to US and UK…