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Key Highlights: • Unith Non-Executive Director Mr Justin Baird has resigned effective immediately, citing his desire to focus on other work commitments • Mr Baird will now act as a consultant to Unith on a project-by-project basis • Unith’s Vice President Product, Mr Rakan Sleiman, has been promoted to the position of General Manager – … Continued
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Children are using AI-driven chatbots for hours daily, giving them interactive access to unrestricted themes from sex to drug-taking, self-harm, suicide and serious illnesses, such as eating disorders. The first of eSafety’s new Online Safety Advisory series warns chatbots are exposing children to unmoderated conversations which may encourage or reinforce harmful thoughts and behaviours. … Continued
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving field, and there are many exciting developments happening all the time. Here are a few recent developments in AI: GPT-3: OpenAI’s GPT-3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3) is a language model that can generate human-like text. It has been trained on a massive dataset and can perform a wide … Continued
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International Justice Mission (IJM) Australia welcomes the independent report by Ms Delia Rickard PSM into the Online Safety Act (2021), tabled today by the Minister for Communications, Hon Michelle Rowland MP. In line with IJM’s submission to the review, the report makes key recommendations to protect children from livestreamed child sexual abuse by Australian … Continued
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Koch Venture Capital Group, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Leads Funding Round WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 21, 2025 – Rhino.ai, a leading AI-powered enterprise platform, announced $50 million in Series A funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies. The investment will fuel Rhino.ai’s mission to help organizations transform outdated systems into agile, scalable solutions. By combining agentic AI with … Continued
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Act for Kids is urging parents and carers to secure electronic devices and boost parental controls before kids receive these gifts this Christmas Day. The national child protection organisation is encouraging parents to have a frank conversation with their children about online harms before they unwrap laptops, iPads, smart phones, gaming consoles and smart TVs. … Continued
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A leading UNSW computer scientist says a touted solution to a big problem for generative AI is better suited for other forms of artificial intelligence. AI chatbots, like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, are running out of data to eat. Generative AI models have swallowed up most of the data they’re legally allowed to process that … Continued
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The Australian federal government yesterday announced plans to ban under-16s from social media platforms. The ban will cover Australian children and teenagers under the age of 16, even if they already have a social media account. The ban is not likely to be in place for at least a year. Monash University experts are … Continued
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Can extended periods consuming digital content lead to mental fog and diminished focus and impact our mental health? Two UNSW psychologists have found little evidence for it. In a world where our growing dependence on digital devices and social media is increasingly under fire, the term ‘brain rot’ — the idea that endless scrolling … Continued
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Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is on the verge of transforming education, and homework will be no exception, with some even ringing its death knell. But experts say that’s premature, as it’s more likely to transform how homework works for education. That transformation will likely include a shift to homework practices that encourage deeper engagement and … Continued
