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Richard Prebble: How AI can save the Official Information Act from collapsing under its own weight

OPINION: The cause of the problem could also be part of the solution.

Australia’s public broadcaster hit by staff walkout

More than 2000 ABC staff walked off the job for 24 hours on Wednesday.

'Pretty stupid': Teenager applying for supermarket job says AI made false comments about his personality

The AI told Jesse he might “struggle with distractions" when doing mundane tasks.

AI revolution: From industry pariah to champion for new wave of filmmakers

Production company Wonder cuts costs, opens new doors.

Record-breaker: Halter raises $377m at $3.3b valuation, reveals customer numbers

Peter Thiel backs largest VC raise by an NZ-founded start-up.

Hundreds of thousands of songs. Millions stolen. Billions of streams. No one listening.

Michael Smith used bots to stream his AI tracks billions of times for cash.

Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI

Experts say Jessica Foster’s rise shows how AI-generated women can capture attention.

Elon Musk accused of using sexual deepfake storm to pump value of X and xAI

French prosecutors say the tech tycoon sought to hype Grok to lift X and xAI’s value.

Kiwi Ben Goodger on driving OpenAI's web browser push

Ex-pat Ben Goodger, who played a key role in the creation of Google's Chrome browser, on his Silicon Valley career, impostor syndrome and white-collar fears about AI.

Iran’s drones cost a fraction of the US weapons shooting them down

New York Times: Iran has already launched more than 2000 one-way drones in this conflict.

Spy agency warns NZ’s cyber security barely up to scratch

A consultation has begun on which services count as 'critical infrastructure'.

Apple’s breakthrough-price MacBook Neo: What you get for your money

Tech giant seen using supply crunch to gain market share.