The architect of Australia’s consumer data right is calling for patience with the four-year-old scheme and teased additional future benefits after banks on Wednesday warned almost no one was...
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Photos of Australian children have been used without consent to train artificial intelligence models that generate images. A new report from the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch has found...
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Local FinTechs have called for greater clarity on the future of the Consumer Data Right, including key reforms to the scheme that have languished before federal Parliament for more...
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The national competition regulator has been urged to monitor the electronic conveyancing market by the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission, as federal assistant minister for competition Andrew Leigh called...
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OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, and News Corp, the international media conglomerate, have signed a deal that will let OpenAI use and learn from News Corp’s content. In practical...
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Domestic violence data sharing blockages facing federal, state and territory policing agencies will form the basis of discussions between Australia’s digital and data ministers on Friday. Digital and...
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Data drives survival. As Bundaberg plants toward a Net Zero future, the One Million Trees project grapples with nature’s unpredictability, proving that even well-planned community initiatives must adapt to thrive....
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Defence’s troubled data consolidation program will not be completed this month as planned and is now targeting an end of year launch. Officials confirmed the delay on Wednesday amid...
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The Australian privacy watchdog is taking Medibank to court over the insurer’s 2022 data breach, alleging the company did not adequately protect the data of its customers before the...
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Services Australia is ready to deliver personalised services to millions of Australians but can’t get around legislation preventing information sharing across government, the agency’s tech chief said Monday. The...
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Domestic filings for intellectual property increased across the board last year, approaching record levels in some areas in an encouraging sign for Australian innovation. But total patent filings, which...
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Australia could develop a sovereign AI capability for around $100 million in compute costs, experts claimed on Tuesday, as the federal government’s lack of support for the local sector...
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Data brokering threatens to harm consumers and competition, the ACCC has warned after taking a closer look at a murky industry that stretches from Big Tech to local government....
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Australia’s chief scientist – a quantum physicist by trade – got to the heart of the online harm problems facing Australia in a way other experts appearing at Monday’s...