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‘Evidence review’ sent by OurFutures Institute to David Pocock and other politicians references studies which do not exist or make opposing findings Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Independent senator David Pocock says he is “deeply concerned” a report sent to politicians by a University of Sydney-based institute to support…
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Moltbook, a social media site for AI agents, is nothing new. Still, the marriage of big tech and politics demands we take a stand On a recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, I was shocked by the billboards that lined the freeway outside of the airport. “The singularity is here,” proclaimed one. “Humanity…
Some jobs will be moved offshore in wake of telco’s $700m joint venture with tech consultancy Accenture Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More than 200 Telstra jobs are expected to be cut, as the telco rolls out AI capabilities and sends some jobs to India. Telstra and the technology…
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created an AI system that can interpret brain MRI scans in just seconds, accurately identifying a wide range of neurological conditions and determining which cases need urgent care. Trained on hundreds of thousands of real-world scans along with patient histories, the model achieved accuracy as high as 97.5%…
A court filing in a trademark lawsuit reveals OpenAI won’t use the name “io” for its AI hardware device, which isn’t expected to ship until 2027.
Many physicians find chatbots threatening, but that doesn’t mean they’re giving up on medicine.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Lots of influential people in tech last week were describing Moltbook, an online hangout populated by AI agents interacting with one another, as a glimpse into the future. It appeared to show…
In part, the problem has to do with how users are asking their questions.