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AI near misses: The space between potential and catastrophe

The goal is enough AI near-miss transparency to show what went wrong, who noticed, who acted and ...  
Big Tech: When 1984 meets The Godfather

The development of AI is inevitable, but when Nineteen Eighty-Four meets The Godfather in real ...  
AI job applicant screening — the law still applies

We were promised the machine would make hiring fairer. Instead, it made the unfairness quieter.  
Opposites attract: Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart's paradoxical relationship

What’s behind the alliance between Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart?  
Billionaire BS and the great wealth lie

The myth that billionaires earn their fortunes through hard work is a convenient fiction that ...  
The business investment boom will spark a surge in productivity

Strong business investment is laying the foundations for higher productivity, stronger growth and ...  
Rushy Lagoon sale: Tasmania's largest farm and the carbon math that doesn't add up

Here's the pitch: plant enough trees & somewhere a coal-fired power station, a gas plant, or an i ...  
Liberals continue with nonsense immigration policy

Liberals' immigration policy linking net migration to completed houses is putting the cart befo ...  
Australia's fairness problem is holding productivity back

Rather than flowing into higher wages, a growing share of productivity gains has failed to show up ...  
Digital sovereignty and the danger of the off switch

Australia's future should not depend on the goodwill of any single foreign government or comp ...  
Telstra outage reveals a dangerous gap in Australia's digital resilience

The Telstra outage exposed a bigger problem than a software fault: Australia's telecommunicatio ...  
Students and academics sold out for debt-trap degree factories

Australia created a skills shortage coexisting with graduate underemployment by quietly decoupling ...  
Australia's wealth belongs to its people, not foreign corporations

Despite its vast natural wealth, too many Australians are missing out on its benefits.  
From broadcast to binge — the changing culture of television

Streaming has made television more accessible than ever before, but in the age of binge-watching ...  
End of an era: Australia's NBN watchdog can finally stand down

NBN watchdog closure signals that the broadband performance problems that prompted its creation ...  
Gina is generous with other people's money

Gina Rinehart's plan for Australia is a holy trinity of sorts: microchips, Elon Musk’s comm ...  
Corporate Australia wants fewer rules? Give us fewer reasons to demand them

Trust in Australian business has been strained after years of corporate scandals and widening ...  
The economic problem AI can't solve on its own

Artificial intelligence may boost productivity and profits, but without sufficient demand in the ...  
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