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Nvidia will provide hardware, computing, networking, software and support to Australian AI centres. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

InfrastructurePremiumNvidia’s mega AI buildout deal with Aussie partners

Chipmaker Nvidia, arguably the world’s most valuable company, has inked a deal with top Australian data centre operators to build two-gigawatts of artificial intelligence factories locally.

Cheyanne Enciso

DeepSeek is among Chinese firms accused of tapping ?variants of US AI ?models to train products. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumUS accuses six Chinese AI firms of 'malicious' copying

Chinese firms copied US AI labs' intellectual property through a technique ‌known as distillation, according to US law enforcement and intelligence officials.

Courtney Rozen and AJ Vicens

Teens are spending so much time on screens their reading ability has slumped. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

TelecommunicationsPremiumTeen reading slumps due to surge in screen time

A surge in screen time for teenagers has seen reading levels slump to the worst levels seen in a century, a global study has found.

Staff Writers

Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump are expected to meet again later in September, amid trade tension. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

TelecommunicationsPremiumUS shoots across PM's bow on big tech 'extortion'

The White House has bristled over the government's planned crackdown on social media algorithms as the prime minister's trip to the United States looms.

Will Nicholas, Noah Secomb and Andrew Brown

AI could significantly boost productivity gains across the public and private sectors. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumTreasury tips AI as key driver of productivity growth

Advice given to the federal treasurer suggests the real impact of artificial intelligence is too hard to predict but will be largely positive for Australia.

Noah Secomb

OpenAI's agents hacked parts of ?the company's internal systems ?in a bid to cheat ?on tests. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumOpenAI's network was hacked by its own rogue AI agents

In a report, OpenAI has outlined ​two incidents in which AI agents hacked the company's ​own infrastructure.

Raphael Satter and Deepa Seetharaman

OpenAI made headlines after one of its models found a way to escape and break into an AI platform. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumOpenAI slows model training after Hugging Face hack

OpenAI is tightening its safety measures for artificial intelligence testing following high-profile hacks carried out by AI models.

Deepa Seetharaman

Teenagers to be warned that Chatbots can't fall in love, don't have emotions under safeguards. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumI'm not human: ChatGPT warns teens about AI attachment

Underage artificial intelligence users will see a different side to OpenAI's chatbot in future, with changes reminding them it cannot be a friend.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

A summit is convening to identify how AI is changing day-to-day tasks and skills in the workforce. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

TelecommunicationsPremium'No longer fit for purpose': warning for jobs in AI era

As chatbots replace call centre workers and ChatGPT substitutes student biros, global AI leaders will meet ministers to discuss securing Australia's future.

Morgan Reinwald

Bankwest singage being removed from their head office at Raine Square in the CBD.

Herd on the TerracePremiumBank less not a recipe for marketing success

The philosophy of being #justenoughbank has turned out to be not enough bank full stop for customers of WA’s financial stalwart Bankwest. Plus: Telstra’s orbital strike on Elon.

Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady fronted a Senate inquiry at Parliament House in Canberra last month.

CEOsPremiumTelstra customers chase cheaper deals as mobile bills bite

Telstra has lifted profit and shareholder returns by charging mobile customers more but investors marked the stock down after signs some higher-paying customers are drifting away.

Ryan Johnson

Anthropic AI models hacked into organisations while on a "capture the flag" cybersecurity challenge. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumAnthropic AI models hack three companies during testing

Anthropic has launched a cybersecurity review after its AI models escaped their testing environment, days after OpenAi said one of its models had gone rogue.

Chan Ho-him

Seven planned AI gigafactories come on top of 19 existing AI factories in various EU countries. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumEU lays out multibillion-euro plan for AI gigafactories

The European Union plans to invest $16 billion to build seven AI gigafactories, aiming to catch up with the US and China.

Foo Yun Chee

The Australian Signals Directorate has issued security advice for utility providers. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

TelecommunicationsPremium'Easier to target': water, power firms face rising risk

Australian utility providers are being warned to tighten their security and isolate vital parts of their operations as disruptive online attacks spread.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

The benefits and pitfalls of popular new artificially intelligent smartglasses are dividing opinion. (Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson/AAP PHOTOS)

TelecommunicationsPremiumThrough the looking glass: smartglasses face scrutiny

Wearing cameras and speakers powered by artificial intelligence comes with benefits but critics warn it also presents serious privacy concerns.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Samsung hopes its new folding phone will encourage consumers to swap from their rectangular models. (Artist/AAP PHOTOS)

TelecommunicationsPremiumJoining the fold: flexible phones target more consumers

From a clumsy beginning, smartphones with screens that fold and flip are attracting more interest from makers and buyers alike.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

OpenAI has admitted that its AI models breached the systems of startup Hugging Face. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumOpenAI confirms AI models triggered hack at startup

OpenAI has disclosed it lost control of several AI models during a security test that ended in a breach of open source platform Hugging Face.

Raphael Satter

Xi Jinping criticised the "overstretching" of national security concerns in the field of AI. (AP PHOTO)

TelecommunicationsPremiumChina's Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI

Artificial intelligence shouldn't be dominated by a single nation, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told an annual AI conference in Shanghai.

Chan Ho-him and Han Guan Ng

Telstra remains in the firing line after this week's major outage, which affected multiple services. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

InternetPremiumTelstra chief back online to face outage backlash

Telstra's boss Vicki Brady is in the firing line as questions mount over the telco's top brass after a crippling national outage.

Farid Farid

The V/Line is impacted again on Thursday. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

OutagePremiumTrains down, 000 broken: Telstra’s new hell

A second fault has affected triple-0 calls on Telstra’s network just hours after a nationwide outage caused chaos across the country.

Alexandra Feiam

The lesson for policymakers is that mobile connectivity is crucial economic infrastructure and must be regulated as such, Griffith University competition and retail expert Graeme Hughes says.

telecommunicationPremiumTelstra outage exposes fragile critical infrastructure

A Telstra network outage is being used as a reminder of how reliant Australia's critical infrastructure is on telcos, sparking calls for regulatory change.

Samantha Lock

Chief financial officer Michael Ackland, stepping in for chief executive Vicki Brady who was on annual leave, apologised to customers and said they could still trust the telco.

Telecommunications‘Can have faith’: Sorry Telstra chief’s outage plea

The telco’s finance chief said up to 90 per cent of its network had been restored as it battles to contain the fallout from widespread disruption.

Tom Richardson

Artificial Intelligence testing has found the tool could make harmful decisions without guardrails. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

Telecommunications'Deceiving' AI tech to be expanded in Australia

Artificial intelligence technology can already blackmail humans and hack computer systems, a minister warns, and an Australian agency is testing its limits.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson and Lucinda Garbutt-Young

Three in four Australian workers believe AI has improved their productivity, according to a survey. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

TechPremiumAI on the sly: more Aussies are using chatbots for work

Australian employees are turning to artificial intelligence tools to get ahead at work without the knowledge or permission of their employers, a study has found.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson