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Books & Arts Making media moguls Jock Given 3 November 2023 Weren’t these guys dying out? Books & Arts Machine questions Julian Thomas 3 October 2023 What does history tell us about automation’s impact on jobs and inequality? National Affairs Let’s not pause AI Toby Walsh 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 Digital dreams Julian Vido 17 March 2023 Can computer technology be relied on to increase equality?

National Affairs The price of privacy James Panichi 30 July 2021 A case that began in the Irish courts is shaping Australia’s efforts to update its 1980s privacy laws Books & Arts Winners take all Jock Given 13 July 2021 Rules or no rules? The Tech Giants have made some of their own. National Affairs Australia goes it alone James Panichi 9 April 2021 Why is competition commissioner Rod Sims more exercised than his international counterparts by Google’s takeover of Fitbit? International Biden’s trustbusters Danielle Wood 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 Can we break the climate cycle? Tristan Edis 1 June 2020 Human psychology might finally be on the side of decisive action to decarbonise Australia’s economy Essays & Reportage Gmail’s trial by ordeal Robin Jeffrey 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 Will we finally look clearly at facial recognition technology? Ellen Broad 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 You, me, data and the city Sarah Barns 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?