The extra 0.000000000000003¢ on electric vehicle bills that makes little sense
Electric vehicles

The extra 0.000000000000003¢ on electric vehicle bills that makes little sense

Victoria’s revised road user charge for electric vehicle drivers is 2.8¢ per kilometre. On VicRoads bills it has been itemised as 2.8000000000000003¢ a kilometre. EV drivers say the blunder is indicative of bad policy and bad administration.

  • byBroede Carmody

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Widodo pushes for deal with Australia on electric vehicles
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Widodo pushes for deal with Australia on electric vehicles

The Indonesian leader wants to join forces on producing electric vehicle batteries and hopes to seal a partnership as he meets Anthony Albanese in Sydney.

  • byChris Barrett
It’s called artificial intelligence,which sounds scary,but that doesn’t make it bad
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AI

It’s called artificial intelligence,which sounds scary,but that doesn’t make it bad

Advances in AI could make our lives nicer in previously unimaginable ways. If we can shake the image of an AI boogeyman.

  • byTim Biggs
‘The network effect’:Google drone nests set their sights on suburbs
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‘The network effect’:Google drone nests set their sights on suburbs

Wing,the drone company operated by Google’s parent Alphabet,has been using Australia as a testing ground and turned south Queensland into the drone delivery capital of the world.

  • byTim Biggs
You wouldn’t let a stranger into your house. For most of us,they’re already there
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AI

You wouldn’t let a stranger into your house. For most of us,they’re already there

We expect checks and balances for safety,wellbeing,and risk mitigation. Curiously,most of us blithely embrace new technology without the same concerns or regulatory oversight.

  • byEmma McDonald
The ‘world’s most controversial company’ and the double-edged power of AI
The National Interest

The ‘world’s most controversial company’ and the double-edged power of AI

Facial recognition is a particularly fraught application of AI.

  • byCampbell Wilson
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We have put the world in danger with AI,admits ChatGPT creator
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We have put the world in danger with AI,admits ChatGPT creator

Tech companies are in danger of unleashing a rogue artificial intelligence that will cause “significant harm to the world”,the creator of ChatGPT has admitted.

  • byMatthew Field
Elon Musk’s ‘TruthGPT’ may have a very narrow definition of truth
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AI

Elon Musk’s ‘TruthGPT’ may have a very narrow definition of truth

After publicly opposing AI chatbot development,Elon Musk may launch his own product. Thankfully,he believes it would be “unlikely to annihilate humans”.

  • byTim Biggs
Snapchat,the quirky little brother of social media,grows up in influencer chase
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Snapchat,the quirky little brother of social media,grows up in influencer chase

The company’s figures show rapid growth in India,the world’s most populous market and one that has banned one of Snapchat’s key competitors:TikTok.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Australia building a high-tech edge to win Olympic gold in Brisbane
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Australia building a high-tech edge to win Olympic gold in Brisbane

The Australian Institute of Sport is a believer in artificial intelligence and wants to make Australia the most AI-assisted sporting nation in the world.

  • byVince Rugari
Virtual-reality gadget with expected $4000-plus price tag has Apple insiders rattled
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Virtual-reality gadget with expected $4000-plus price tag has Apple insiders rattled

Apple proved its critics wrong with the Watch,but virtual reality could be a far tougher nut to crack.

  • byTim Biggs