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Degenerative AI: Researchers say training artificial intelligence models on...
When artificial intelligence (AI) large language models are trained on machine — instead of human — generated data it leads to model collapse, according to a study by UK and Canadian researchers. “In...
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What is Australia’s GPS augmenter ‘SouthPAN’?
Australia’s satellite positioning system is becoming more accurate. Last year the Australian and New Zealand government launched an early version of the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network...
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Generative AI could automate sexual abuse and child grooming, eSafety...
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has already received a number of complaints about non-consensual distribution of deepfake intimate images, and expects this type of abuse to grow in volume as...
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Addressing the massive climate and energy costs of AI
Scientists from the University of Cambridge say the research community needs to take responsibility for the environmental impacts of cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) to avert...
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Video games play leading role in technological advances
If you think video games is a niche industry, think again. The global video games industry is worth around $250 billion, Ron Curry, CEO of Australia’s Interactive Games and Entertainment Association...
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The slow implosion of a searchable web
Could it be that the last thirty years have been a Goldilocks-like ‘sweet spot’ between a world where information was too difficult to access, and a world where it has become impossible to locate any...
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All the news that’s fit
About a billion seconds ago (that’s 31 years, 7 months) I had a virtual reality startup running out the proverbial garage in San Francisco. I spent my time trying to work out how to engineer a...
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Elon Musk’s satellites buck convention
Elon Musk: CEO, tech-bro or generalissimo? The controversial tech billionaire’s interventions in the Ukraine war have ignited a raging debate over the responsibilities – and culpability – of...
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Commerce is at the heart of the Web, but it didn’t have to be
Load a web page in 2023 and it bristles with surveillance: cookies track our comings and goings, while ‘fingerprints’ uniquely identify a specific browser on a specific computer on a specific network....
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Starlink satellites ‘leaking’ signals that interfere with radio telescopes
Steven Tingay, Curtin University When I was a child in the 1970s, seeing a satellite pass overhead in the night sky was a rare event. Now it is commonplace: sit outside for a few minutes after dark,...
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‘Zombie’ electrons trapped in 3D for the first time
Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have achieved a world first by trapping electrons in a three-dimensional crystal. They believe the electrons in this ‘zombified’ state...
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Parents can probably relax about screen time
Worried parents can probably relax a little about screen time with an “umbrella review” of the research finding the effects on children are pretty small, and sometimes beneficial. According to new...
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The cause behind the Optus outage explained
Optus has revealed the cause behind last Wednesday’s network outage, which affected about 10 million customers Australia-wide for more than 12 hours. So, for those of us that don’t speak tech, what...
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The end of social networks as we’ve known them
On the 18th of November 2022, Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, announced that he would be reinstating the accounts of nearly all of the platform’s users who had been banned for violating the site’s...
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Water bear and sea star on scientists’ emoji wish list
Emoji are everywhere, and have become a surprising source of controversy in scientific circles. Neuroscientists are calling for a mouse maze emoji, while renewable energy advocates wait for their wind...
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Does playing video games lead to violence?
Fortnite, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto are among the most popular games for young people aged 8 – 17 years old, according to new research from the eSafety Commissioner. Many of these games...
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With so much to watch, are we binging more?
The rise of streaming platforms and smart TVs has changed the way we engage with television and movies, offering more choice – in what and when – we watch than ever before. In the second episode of...
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Laws catching up to smart TV technology
New laws could soon require smart TVs to display Australian free-to-air television and catch up services. Late last year the Australian Government introduced amendments to the Broadcasting Services...
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Autonomous vehicles and the need for a fourth traffic light
The world of research into autonomous vehicles has thrown up a fascinating new approach to traffic management with a “white light” being proposed to reduce congestion. A modelling study conducted by...
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6G research targets new frontier for communications
Europe has turned its attention to the next generation of telecommunications technology promising higher speeds. The technology would better support education and telesurgery, and lead to “digital...
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