Category: Technology

2024 sees more demand for marketing interns despite rise of AI

Recent insights from GetApp’s 2023 AI Impact Survey, encompassing 400 small and midsize businesses (SMBs), challenge prevailing assumptions. Surprisingly, 36% of SMBs anticipate that AI...

Australia has its first framework for AI use in schools – but we need to proceed with caution

Federal and state governments have just released a national framework for generative AI in schools. This paves the way for generative AI – algorithms that...

AI is here to stay for businesses, Alteryx reveals

Analytics cloud company Alteryx has released findings from new independent research revealing the key artificial intelligence (AI) plays that will shape enterprises of the future....

5 amazing gifts every comms and PR specialist will appreciate

Working in communications and public relations is difficult. Fun, exciting, challenging — but difficult at the same time. What better way to show appreciation for...

Automation, generative AI emerge as key business priorities, survey reveals

More than one-quarter of respondents (26%) plan to implement machine-operated tasks that require limited human input or fully transition to autonomous systems in the next...

A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public exactly one year ago. It quickly became the fastest-growing app ever, in the...

Canva to launch visual communication tools across 10 University of California campuses

Canva’s partnership with the University of California (UC) will involve providing its complete suite of visual communication tools to over 240,000 faculty and staff and...

5 ways AI is improving chatbots and virtual assistants

Despite the negativity surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) integration into the workspace, it has been a part of customer service for a while now. Chat bots,...

How secure are your company’s communication channels?

Let’s be honest: no company is safe from cyberhacking, and no communication platform is 100% secure. Over the past five years, hacking incidents have risen...

Move over, agony aunt: study finds ChatGPT gives better advice than professional columnists

There’s no doubt ChatGPT has proven to be valuable as a source of quality technical information. But can it also provide social advice? We explored...

Keysight, MediaTek complete 5G New Radio, RedCap testing

Keysight Technologies, Inc. and MediaTek have achieved a significant milestone with the successful completion of interoperability testing for 5G New Radio (NR) and 5G reduced...

OpenAI’s board is facing backlash for firing CEO Sam Altman – but it’s good it had the power to

The sudden removal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Friday was met with shock and disapproval by the company’s employees. More than 90% signed a...

Almost half of all Black Friday emails, calls are scams, report says

Although the Black Friday shopping frenzy has already begun in some parts of the world, millions of consumers are still updating online shopping and wish...

Who is Sam Altman, OpenAI’s wunderkind ex-CEO – and why does it matter that he got sacked?

On Friday, OpenAI’s high-flying chief executive Sam Altman was unexpectedly fired by the company’s board. Co-founder and chief technology officer Greg Brockman was also removed...

Brand, performance-focused KPIs blur for in-app campaigns, new study shows

Recent research from monetisation and marketing company InMobi in collaboration with Advertiser Perceptions, highlights a growing trend among brand advertisers embracing performance-oriented key performance indicators...

Grammarly joins WEF’s AI Governance Alliance

Assisted writing platform Grammarly has joined World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Innovator Community, becoming a member of its AI Governance Alliance. Participating in the WEF’s AI...

Roblox faces lawsuits over harmful content, child exploitation

Popular online game platform Roblox is currently in hot water after it was sued by families whose children have faced inappropriate content and exploitation while...

AI research nonprofit receives funding to study AI safety

Gradient Institute, an independent, nonprofit research institute that works to build safety, ethics, accountability and transparency into artificial intelligence (AI) systems, has received a donation...

Preparing for bushfires? Don’t forget your data

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology predicts a summer of severe heat this year and a bushfire season to rival the ‘Black Summer’ fires of 2019/20. While...

Top 3 best practices for virtual meetings and video conferencing

After COVID-19 affected the workforce for a couple of years, companies have had to adapt to video conferencing becoming a new norm. The rise of...