Cut Privacy Red Tape to Boost Innovation: Tech Giants

Cut privacy red tape to boost innovation: tech giants

Tech giants are warning Australia against introducing privacy rules that are "overly restrictive" for businesses working in cutting edge AI development.

Meta Warns Australia’s Privacy Reforms Could Cripple AI Progress

If Aussie slang ends up training AI, don’t be surprised when ChatGPT starts calling you “mate” and arguing about footy.

Meta explains why it needs to train its AI on Australian data

Use of data is a hot topic, with generative AI models requiring regular access to information to provide up-to-date outputs. Meta is among the companies that have expressed concerns to the Productivity Commission that changes to Australia’s Privacy Act could impede the effectiveness of AI technologies. As reported by Guardian Australia‘s Josh Taylor, Meta is one of many major companies, including Amazon, Google, and Telstra, to submit a public r…

Voices from the Young Leaders Network: “Promoting Data Culture in Organizations to Leverage AI” I By Felix Rank

Whenever a new digital tool is released, people tend to look at the time needed to reach one million users. When Twitter launched in 2006, this was two years. Dropbox needed seven months while it took only two and a half months for Instagram. ChatGPT reached this milestone in just five days.   The rise of digital tools, such as chat-interfaced LLMs, spreading across the world, not only in personal settings but also at the workplace, raises an im…

Journalists urged to embrace AI, carefully: SABEW panel highlights opportunities, risks and ethics in newsrooms

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence tools, the challenge for journalists — and the imperative — is to stay ahead of the curve, according to a panel of industry experts hosted in late June by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). The panel shared examples of how to use AI within a journalist’s day-to-day workflow ethically to supercharge backgrounding and research efforts. The panelists included Kylie R…

AI leaders urge focus on ethics, governance & sustainability

AI leaders emphasise the urgent need for ethics, governance and sustainability as the technology increasingly transforms industries and raises complex risks.