Category: Technology

Updated guidelines to aid telcos in assisting domestic and family violence victims

Peak telecommunications industry body, Communications Alliance, has today released updated guidance that aims to better equip telcos to support providers helping customers affected by domestic...

Digital advertiser achieves carbon neutrality 7 years ahead of schedule

LoopMe, a digital brand advertiser using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brand advertising performance has announced that it has reached net zero for Scope 1,...

Gov’t improves disaster response through emergency comms upgrades

The Government is rolling out a new cell broadcast National Messaging System (NMS) which will use state-of-the-art technology to significantly enhance how the Commonwealth delivers...

Medicinal Media: Using digital media to boost personal wellness

Medicinal Media, a new not-for-profit organisation has launched medicinal-media.org, a website dedicated to exploring how art and science can benefit wellness, with a specific focus...

News coverage of artificial intelligence reflects business and government hype — not critical voices

Guillaume Dandurand, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS); Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University, and Jonathan Roberge, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) The news...

If ChatGPT wrote it, who owns the copyright? It depends on where you live, but in Australia it’s complicated

Wellett Potter, University of New England ChatGPT and other generative AI tools which draw on large language models (LLMs) are a hot topic. Released in...

Australian metaverse to become a $5.8B million industry in 2023

The metaverse industry in Australia is expected to grow by 39.0% on an annual basis to reach $5.8 billion in 2023, according to research published...

ACMA to receive $10M to help combat text scams

Last year alone, almost half of all Australians have been scammed or exposed to text scams, with those who fell for it losing a total...

Should AI companies pay journalists?  

The short answer would be yes, at least according to Rod Sims, the former chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Sims is...

How to perfect your prompt writing for ChatGPT, Midjourney and other AI generators

Marcel Scharth, University of Sydney Generative AI is having a moment. ChatGPT and art generators such as DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have proven...

Gamers more likely to watch free ad-supported streaming

Connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising firm LG Ad Solutions has released the findings of a new study that found that gamers are more likely...

Use of shortform content, AI tools on the rise with businesses, study finds

Despite recent economic challenges, businesses are quickly latching on to using shortform videos and AI tools to achieve their goals, according to a report released...

Visual communication critical to accelerating sales cycles, report finds

A study from Canva, a graphic design and collaboration platform, has revealed the importance of visual communication for organisations that want to shorten sales cycles...

Flashpoint to use generative-AI to enhance risk intelligence insights

Risk intelligence provider Flashpoint has announced the expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud to deploy next-generation intelligence solutions, including generative AI, within the Flashpoint...

Discord was used to leak sensitive info on the Ukraine War; here’s what they’re doing about it

Originally a social messaging app aimed for gamers, Discord has earned some notoriety of late for reasons that its founders couldn’t have intended. The latest...

How beauty filters like TikTok’s ‘bold glamour’ affect tweens using social media

Claire Pescott, University of South Wales TikTok’s new bold glamour filter “enhances” physical features in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish whether someone...

Adobe unveils new AI-powered features in their video production tools

Adobe has unveiled new functionalities to its suite of video production tools, all by harnessing new innovations in artificial technology (AI). The updates include an<span...

ChatGPT poised to disrupt retail chatbots, study finds

Capterra’s 2023 Retail Chatbots Survey of over 1,000 U.S. shoppers found that over half of them have negative experiences with retail chatbots, opening the door...

Banning TikTok could weaken personal cybersecurity

Robert Olson, Rochester Institute of Technology TikTok is not be the first app to be scrutinised over the potential exposure of U.S. user data, but...

AI content generation is coming to Mailchimp

Email marketing and automation platform Intuit Mailchimp has unveiled an Email Content Generator, which uses GPT AI technology to allow customers to create marketing email...