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AI and Data Centre Boom Pushes Australian Business Investment to Record High
Money is pouring into technology infrastructure, with spending on equipment jumping 96 percent on the March quarter.
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No ‘Fine Issuing Button’: eSafety on Compliance Issues With Under-16 Social Media Ban
‘Systemic non-compliance needs to be proven in court with solid evidence and complex legal proceedings,’ said Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.
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Robinhood Lets AI Chatbots Trade Stocks on Users’ Behalf
The company says users remain responsible for trades placed by agents that can move quickly and be hard to stop in real time.
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US Space Force Awards SpaceX $2.29 Billion Contract to Build Space Data Highway
The U.S. Space Force said SpaceX must deliver a fully operational prototype capability by the end of 2027.
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American Airlines to Install Starlink on 500 Jets
Starlink, which has over 9,000 active satellites in space, has already served more than 21 million airline passengers.
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UK Doctors Compare Social Media Harms Affecting Children to Smoking
UK lawmakers are weighing online safety measures for children, including a possible ban on social media use for under-16s, with decisions expected this summer.
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De Anza College Launches Silicon Valley’s First AI Associate Degree
The school said the degree will be launched this fall with registration beginning July 27.
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Generative AI Hallucination in Court Filing May Jeopardize Case Against BART
More than 1,000 U.S. legal cases in which generic AI produced hallucinated content were detected from Q2 2023 to May 19, one researcher found.
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Study Finds Chinese State Media Content Is Embedded in AI Training Data
A Nature study says Chinese state media are widely included in AI training datasets and may influence how models respond to sensitive political questions.
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USTR Greer Says No Immediate Semiconductor Tariffs Planned, Emphasizes Sector Protection
The trade representative highlighted careful timing for any duties to support U.S. chip manufacturing resurgence.
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AI Content Is Swamping the Internet. Here’s How It’s Changing the Way We Think.
Under near-constant exposure to AI output, experts say the dangers are real and the evidence is already showing up.
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Apple Asks Supreme Court to Review Contempt Order in Epic Games Lawsuit
A federal judge previously found the company flouted her injunction against anticompetitive business practices.
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Taiwan Seeks Detention of 3 in Nvidia AI Server Smuggling Case
Taiwan launches first crackdown on alleged smuggling of Nvidia-powered AI servers to China.
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Elon Musk’s X to Pay $750,000 After Delayed Replies to eSafety Commissioner
Failure to fully comply on time with an eSafety Commissioner request has cost social media platform X Corp after a ruling in the Federal Court.
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US Invests $2 Billion in IBM, Other Firms to Boost Quantum Computing
IBM, GlobalFoundries, and several emerging firms are set to benefit from one of the government’s largest quantum-related investments to date.
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AI Data Centers Top of Mind for Voters as Midterms Approach—What to Know
Although midterms still lie six months out, lawmakers in some key midterm races are already hurrying to stake out a position on the issue.
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More Than 40 Young Tech Leaders Push Back on Labor’s Capital Gains Tax Overhaul
‘We work the hours, we carry the risk,’ the tech start-up founders said in the letter.
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Musk Takes SpaceX Public in Massive IPO Filing
Elon Musk is taking SpaceX public, filing paperwork for an initial public offering that would put the company on the stock market.
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