This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Break up big tech to save competition, democracy and the climate
To save the European Green Deal and restore economic competitiveness, the EU’s new antitrust push must rein in these companies’ enormous power.
- Cori Crider
October
- Explainer
- Social media
Everything you need to know about Labor’s misinformation crackdown
More than 75 per cent of people believe addressing the deliberate spread of misinformation online is extremely important or quite important. On how you achieve that goal, the country is far more divided.
- Ronald Mizen
September
- Exclusive
- China relations
China and Russia want to rule the Web. The West is trying to stop them
In backrooms at the UN in New York, a battle is quietly being fought between liberal democracies and authoritarian governments over who rules the internet.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Elon Musk
Tech moguls face the revenge of the regulators
Democratic governments are losing patience with cyber-libertarian tech moguls who thumb their noses at authorities perhaps one too many times.
- Will Oremus
August
Telegram boss charged, blocked from leaving France
Pavel Durov faces preliminary charges over the alleged failure to address criminality on the messaging app, including the distribution of sexual abuse content.
- Aurelien Breeden
Why a Russian tech billionaire who stood up to Putin is now a target
Pavel Durov, who founded secret, successful messaging app Telegram in 2013, has been arrested in France, sparking outrage from free speech campaigners.
- Updated
- Abigail Buchanan
March
Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to US
London’s High Court said the US must provide further assurances by April 16 that Julian Assange would not face the death penalty.
- Michael Holden and Sam Tobin
Slowing tech investment complicates Chalmers’ growth goal
The contribution of IT equipment to capital input has fallen sharply in recent decades, which economists warn could undermine long-term economic growth.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen
December 2023
Spy boss warns of intelligence failure without faster tech adoption
The director-general of the Office of National Intelligence says policymakers need to ensure technology is adopted faster or risk an intelligence failure.
- Matthew Cranston
November 2023
Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it
The billionaire plays a uniquely potent role in the spate of hate flourishing across the internet, experts say.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Taylor Lorenz, Naomi Nix and Joseph Menn
Why right-wing Silicon Valley billionaires dumped Trump
Faith in the former president’s ability to lessen government oversight of business has crumbled, leaving conservatives in the tech industry adrift.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Maeve Reston and Hannah Knowles
Government claims ‘seismic’ week for AI development
With the White House, China and Big Tech all signed onto a more careful approach to AI risks, Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic has some wind in his sails.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Elon Musk warns AI bots will swamp social media
At a summit in London, the X owner’s dystopian warnings on AI came leavened with a vision of a future where nobody has to work.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Global tech rivals vow to fight AI threats
The US, Europe and China have starkly different visions of how to manage and regulate the evolution of technology. But at Bletchley Park, they promised to work together.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Elon Musk, world leaders wrangle over AI rules
Debate rages over whether the AI Safety Summit at Britain’s Bletchley Park, home of the World War II Enigma code breakers, can achieve anything, or is even needed.
- Hans van Leeuwen
October 2023
Arm’s shares get helping hand as IPO banks weigh in
The flurry of recommendations marked the end of the quiet period for the almost 30 banks that underwrote Arm’s float, which raised $US4.87 billion for SoftBank.
- Aditya Soni and Roshan Abraham
May 2023
- Opinion
- AI
ChatGPT chief asks to be regulated, but does he mean it?
The boss of OpenAI, creator of the chatbot, has called for regulation of his own product, but the current discussions are being dominated by those with vested interests, and that is dangerous.
- Rebecca Johnson
Kishida puts AI dangers at top of G7 summit agenda
Japan’s prime minister says G7 leaders will discuss the risks of generative AI alongside security threats from Russia and China in Hiroshima this week.
- Michael Smith
April 2023
- Exclusive
- Australia's China challenge
China will win AI race if research paused: ex-Google chief
Eric Schmidt says concerns over artificial intelligence may be understated which is why industry urgently needs to apply guardrails over its use.
- Andrew Tillett
March 2023
‘Nuclear-free’ unions fire warning over AUKUS pact
ACTU President Michele O’Neil says unions have long-standing support for a “nuclear-free defence policy”.
- Andrew Tillett
