OpenAI takes on Meta with dots agent
OpenAI has unveiled always-on agents called dots that chase user goals across apps on their own, deepening its push into...
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Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac
McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the US and some global markets, a plan that...
In Pictures: Governing the agents of chaos Saviynt roundtable
This iTnews executive roundtable lunch sponsored by Saviynt explored governance of agentic AI. Delegates discussed the emerging risks of agentic...
Home Affairs orders gov-wide ‘legacy’ system stocktake within six months
Key points Home Affairs has ordered all federal departments and agencies to conduct a legacy technology stocktake within six months,...
Australian Energy Regulator appoints permanent CIO
Key points Daniel Woolstencroft has become the Australian Energy Regulator's first permanent chief information officer since it started on 1...
ASIC to review banking sector AI use and customer impacts
Australia's corporate regulator will formally review the country's banking sector's usage of AI in dealing with customers. ...
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DAFF’s export systems modernisation skips big-bang replacement
Key points DAFF's Digital Services to Take Farmers to Markets program is progressively modernising fragmented, paper-based export systems over six...
OpenAI agent accessed “credentials” via Medicare data portal
OpenAI has admitted the model that gained non-public access to a Medicare statistics portal also ran commands and retrieved credentials,...
Telstra payphone granted heritage status
Key points A Telstra payphone on the NSW south coast has earned heritage listing on social and historical grounds for...
Australia’s CSL taps AWS to boost research pipeline
Australian biotechnology firm CSL said it is collaborating with Amazon's cloud arm to harness AI and cloud technology across its...
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Australia Post signs three-year deal with Telstra
Key points Australia Post has signed a three-year, "multimillion-dollar" agreement with Telstra for connectivity for its almost 4000 locations. Around...
Charles Darwin University setting up ‘real-time view’ of institution
Key points Charles Darwin University has expanded an ITSM replacement project into a broader push to re-platform technology across many...
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Protecting the Human Operating System: How Technology Teams Can Perform Under Pressure in an Always-On World
Technology organisations invest heavily in risk prevention through protecting systems, infrastructure and data. Yet the most important operating system behind...
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From ambition to impact: The next era of government transformation.
The Versent team recently attended AWS Public Sector AI Symposium in Canberra, and if one message cut through, it’s that...
Researchers ‘get AI drunk’ to test chatbot cyber risks, UNSW study finds
Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) say large language models (LLMs) become more likely to leak confidential...
