Books & arts
11 November 2024
Could artificial intelligence make us less human?
National affairs
29 August 2024
ASIC has accused Australia’s dominant stock exchange operator of false and misleading conduct. But does the ASX have a deeper problem?
Books & arts
25 June 2024
AI photos are there aplenty, but who is slowing down to look at them?
National affairs
6 June 2024
Opponents of renewable energy are combining Nimbyism and ideology to oppose projects that would significantly benefit rural communities
Correspondents
12 February 2024
Britain’s Post Office scandal, kept alive by dogged journalism and a new drama series, still has a long way to run
Books & arts
3 November 2023
Weren’t these guys dying out?
Books & arts
3 October 2023
What does history tell us about automation’s impact on jobs and inequality?
National affairs
3 April 2023
It’s the lack of intelligence in AI that we should be most worried about, and that requires a different response
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Can computer technology be relied on to increase equality?
National affairs
27 January 2023
The robot can tell you what everyone else thinks — and that creates an opportunity for journalists
Essays & reportage
16 December 2022
ChatGPT produces plausible answers supremely well. And that’s both its strength and its weakness
Books & arts
25 January 2022
Elon Musk has cast a spell across global business and investment. Someone needed to
Essays & reportage
29 October 2021
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is using his wealth to shake up Australian business and politics
Books & arts
11 October 2021
In what ways did the typewriter affect how — and how much — writers wrote?
Books & arts
5 August 2021
A computer scientist takes on artificial-intelligence boosters. But does he dig deep enough?
National affairs
30 July 2021
A case that began in the Irish courts is shaping Australia’s efforts to update its 1980s privacy laws
Books & arts
13 July 2021
Rules or no rules? The Tech Giants have made some of their own.
National affairs
9 April 2021
Why is competition commissioner Rod Sims more exercised than his international counterparts by Google’s takeover of Fitbit?
International
25 March 2021
With two of their critics appointed to senior roles by the US president, the big tech companies are on notice
National affairs
24 February 2021
Facebook’s problems with Australian regulators are far from over
National affairs
20 October 2020
Covid-19 could change how we work, for the better and — if we’re not careful — the worse
National affairs
24 August 2020
The technology company’s latest valuation shows how big internet-based companies are using a public network to wield monopoly power
National affairs
17 August 2020
Are trade, competition and technology good for consumers but bad for workers? History shows otherwise
National affairs
19 June 2020
Does the federal government’s heavily qualified apology for the robodebt fiasco suggest that more trouble is on the way?
International
11 June 2020
Pacific islanders are responding to disruptions to food security with cultural solidarity and new technology
National affairs
1 June 2020
Human psychology might finally be on the side of decisive action to decarbonise Australia’s economy
Essays & reportage
12 March 2020
It’s the error message most dreaded by users of Google’s email service — but the story has a happy ending
National affairs
24 January 2020
Revelations about Clearview AI’s harvesting of online images challenge us all to think carefully about this technology’s impacts
Essays & reportage
18 December 2019
Is the data-rich city taking on a life of its own? And can Hugh Stretton’s Ideas for Australian Cities help us navigate its hazards?
National affairs
9 December 2019
Australian policymakers don’t share technology companies’ belief in a borderless world