Technology

The privacy regulator has launched an investigation into the Chinese software company behind a phone app for Anko-branded smart glasses.

AI infrastructure companies have warned that Australia has defined AI sovereignty “too narrowly” and called for the government to support Australian providers across the technology stack, beyond data centres.

A professor and a cloud service provider have warned that tougher laws on AI could make it harder for Australian AI companies to compete against international rivals.

OpenAI has fronted a joint committee hearing into artificial intelligence in Australia after one of its AI models gained non-public access to Medicare's site, apologising for the breach and backing legislation that would make reporting of such incidents mandatory. 

Pushing an opt-out system that would enable use of copyright-protected content, artifical intelligence giant Anthropic has told a parliamentary committee Australia needed to "seize" the AI golden goose, while media organisations said an opt-out would be unworkable. 

A Tasmanian senator has questioned OpenAI over allegations that its partner Firmus began work at a data centre site without planning approval.

China-based Hytera Communications wants the High Court to overturn a finding that it stole Motorola's source code for its digital mobile radios, arguing the appeal raises important issues about how "substantial part" should be assessed under the Copyright Act.

Atlassian has secured an interim suppression order in Fair Work proceedings by a former software engineer, who argued the order was "extraordinary".

Former Federal Court Justice Iain Ross has been appointed to lead South Australia’s royal commission into the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence.

As law firms increasingly embrace AI in their work, it's just a matter of time before they face negligence and other claims over their use of the technology, according to one expert.