97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report
Australians now use social media more often than any other type of media, including TV,…
AI was everywhere in 2024’s elections, but deepfakes and misinformation were only part of the picture
It’s been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a “super-cycle” year…
Canadian news media are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, but will they win?
Last week, five of Canada’s most prominent news media outlets launched a lawsuit against OpenAI…
How can Australia actually keep young people off social media and porn sites? A new trial will test 3 options
When federal parliament passed legislation last week which will ban under 16s from social media,…
why our brains love a bargain
Do you prefer Black Friday or Cyber Monday? The January sales or Amazon’s Prime Day?…
Why the Justice Department is suing a software company to stop landlords colluding on rents
Of all the reasons it could be hard to pay rent each month, did you…
How queen bees and wasps set our backyards abuzz in readiness for summer
As we transition to warmer weather in the austral summer, many changes take place. Domestic…
what your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts
Tell a man he shouldn’t think of a pink elephant and he can’t get that…
How AI can support — not undermine — justice
Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock recently warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is facilitating crime on…
Blurry, morphing and surreal – a new AI aesthetic is emerging in film
Type text into AI image and video generators, and you’ll often see outputs of unusual,…