Artificial Intelligence Chat-bots Might Be Self-Aware: Is Dystopia tha...
Putting the Deus back in Ex Machina. The ethics of advancement in AI programming has been…
Big Tech and the Future of Democracy
Technology platforms have become ubiquitous in our lives, effectively public utilities despite being run by private…
Beware personalisation – it’s out to steal your privacy
So many apps want to hear about you, your friends, your interests - in the name…
No Shame
This week on Across The Park, the Prime Minister meets the Queen, Mick's internet search history,…
Google and Ethical AI
Why has Google fired members of its ethical AI team? How pervasive are problematic algorithms in…
Tech Monopoly Regulation
The recent release of a Joint Statement on Merger Control Enforcement by competition regulators from Australia,…
Australian News Zucked From Facebook
Facebook has made good on its threat to block news content on its platform, effective immediately,…
Alternatives to Google Search
The Google search engine is one of the most useful and reliable tools online whether it…
‘Google it’ The Proposed News Media Bargaining Code
How many times do you use the phrase “Google it”? Possibly already a few times today?…
Facebook’s News Threat
Early this week Facebook released a statement threatening to ban news from it’s Australian platform. This…
Australia to Force Google, Facebook to Pay for News
Do you think Google and Facebook should pay for Australian content from commercial news businesses that…
Google’s Plan to Buy Fitbit – Should We Be Alarmed?
Google revealed its plans to buy the fitness tracker company Fitbit in November 2019. If you…