Suncorp to have AI agents in insurance claims process as soon as this month
Suncorp will have five AI agents handling various tasks or “sub-processes” in insurance claim processing as soon as the end of this month. Kranthi Nekkalapu.…
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Trump no longer views Anthropic as national security threat
US President Donald Trump said he might have viewed artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a national security threat last week, but he no longer does,…
SA Water makes its interim CIO permanent
SA Water has named Bill Le Blanc as its permanent chief information officer (CIO) and general manager of technology, after six months of working in…
ASX faces $20.5m penalty for failed blockchain-based system replacement
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) faces a $20.5 million penalty for misleading the market in 2022 on the progress of its then blockchain-based Clearing House…
CBA appoints new group CIO
CBA has decided to stick with having separate group CIO and CTO roles, with Victoria Ledda appointed as the permanent CIO following predecessor Gavin Munroe’s…
Benchmark Security Awards entries now open for 2026
The Benchmark Security Awards powered by iTnews and techpartner.news is now in its third year, with entries now open for both cyber security leaders and…
G7 leaders vow closer ties on AI
G7 leaders have pledged closer coordination on the risks and opportunities of advanced AI, while also discussing the creation of a “trusted partners” scheme granting…
ASD draws a hard line on developers lacking security skills
Organisations should not hand software projects to developers who don’t have the security skills to handle them safely: that’s the blunt official message from the…
LMG bets on Slack as an enterprise platform
Mortgage aggregator LMG has deployed Slack Enterprise to make its internal communications more consistent and to rationalise a hodgepodge of systems used across its operations.…
NAB taps Databricks’ Genie AI tools to derive more value from its data
National Australia Bank is using two tools in Databricks’ AI ecosystem to create datasets that have multiple internal uses, and to “speed up analysts’ day…
Toll Group modernises network to bypass data centres
Toll Group has started a network modernisation project that will eventually see it close data centres currently linking 250 sites around the world to its…
Woolworths Group’s long-time CIO is leaving
Woolworths’ chief information officer of nine-and-a-half years John Hunt will leave to take a technology leadership role with British retailer Marks and Spencer. Hunt’s recruitment…