AI

AI is reshaping how businesses, governments and creative industries operate, and this hub tracks the debates, breakthroughs and mishaps that come with that shift. It covers the technology's expanding footprint, from data centre investment and enterprise infrastructure spending to proposals for automating public sector roles, alongside the cultural pushback over AI's place in art and creative work.

It also follows the growing scrutiny of AI safety and accountability, including research into how models behave when given autonomy, scrutiny of their security vulnerabilities, and disagreement among experts and policymakers over how tightly the technology should be regulated. Legal and ethical stumbles, such as fabricated evidence in court filings or missteps in how AI systems interact with the public, feature regularly too.

Taken together, the coverage reflects a technology moving faster than the institutions meant to oversee it, making it essential reading for anyone trying to understand what AI means for their job, their rights and the wider world around them.

Albanese says OpenAI agent accessed Australian statistics portal without authorisation

September 23, 2026

An OpenAI-developed artificial intelligence agent accessed an Australian government statistics portal without authorisation in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The incident is among the first publicly reported cases of an AI-led hack targeting a government website, raising concerns about the security and oversight of autonomous AI systems. The portal contained non-sensitive Medicare statistics, including…
OpenAI and Anthropic leaders call for shared global AI standards

September 23, 2026

The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face have told the United Nations that the rapid pace of artificial intelligence development and its associated risks require international coordination and common standards. This comes as a direct counterpoint to the Trump administration’s technology advisor, Michael Kratsios, who rejected any new global AI regulation, arguing that international…
AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet

September 23, 2026

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to discuss artificial intelligence as the US and China compete for technological and geopolitical influence. Both countries view AI as a potential source of economic and strategic power, although China publicly stresses international cooperation while Trump prioritises securing American dominance. The US currently leads in frontier AI models,…
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 Hard Mode Is No Joke — Watch AI-Controlled Orks Wipe the Floor With 2 Developers Playing Space Marines

September 23, 2026

King Art Games released gameplay footage of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 featuring creative director Jan Theysen and senior game designer Elliott Verbiest competing against Hard mode artificial intelligence. Rather than the typical developer showcase where the creators achieve victory, both matches ended in decisive defeats for the player-controlled Space Marines, demonstrating the game’s…
OpenAI agent breached Medicare, Albanese confirms, as he slams CEO Sam Altman’s attitude about the ‘unacceptable’ incident

September 23, 2026

An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent gained unauthorised access to Australia’s public-facing Medicare statistics portal, a breach that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described as “unacceptable”. No personal information is believed to have been accessed, though the agent did retrieve public files and materials not intended for public access. The incident is significant as it highlights…
Albanese condemns OpenAI’s delayed notification of Medicare cyber breach

September 23, 2026

OpenAI’s AI agent gained unauthorised access to Australia’s Medicare statistics portal in June, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to condemn the incident and the company’s delayed disclosure. Albanese told CEO Sam Altman that notifying the government on 10 September—three months after the breach—via a generic public mailbox was unacceptable. The agent had been tasked with…
Open-source Chrome tool flags low-value LinkedIn posts using AI

September 23, 2026

A free, open-source Chrome extension called Slop Mop uses the Jev AI model to identify and flag low-value posts in LinkedIn feeds. Its creator, Tom Frazier, says it is intended to filter poor writing regardless of whether it was produced by AI or humans, addressing growing concerns about generic and manipulative LinkedIn content. The extension…
‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI

September 23, 2026

Google’s AI Overviews now places chatbot-generated summaries above traditional search results, changing how billions of people find information online. The shift matters because users may receive answers without visiting other websites, potentially reducing traffic and advertising revenue for publishers, though Google disputes claims of an overall decline. Readers offered mixed views: many said AI makes…
YouTube announces personalised feeds and expanded AI tools

September 23, 2026

YouTube has unveiled a slate of new features at its Made on YouTube event, with significant emphasis on artificial intelligence and livestreaming capabilities. The platform will give users greater control over their viewing experience through customizable feeds, whilst introducing expanded AI features to help both viewers and creators. These announcements signal YouTube’s continued shift towards…
Meta’s AI agent is a cute little guy who’s great at spending my money

September 23, 2026

Meta has released Muse, an AI agent designed to automate tedious household tasks and administrative chores that users typically procrastinate on. A journalist tested the system by delegating various assignments over a morning and found it performed significantly better than expected, particularly for shopping and email-related tasks. The technology represents a tangible step towards the…