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Why the US is backing a tiny Australian town's strategic scandium project

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The town of Fifield near Parkes is about a six-hour drive west of Sydney, and at the last census was home to about 130 people. Now, the town has found itself at the centre of a m... Read More


More than half of children, teens are using AI for personal reasons. This comes with risks

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- New data released this week shows 54 per cent of Australian children and teens are using artificial intelligence tools for personal and social reasons. That includes seeking advi... Read More


OpenAI's models autonomously hacked a tech start-up. It signals a seismic shift in cybersecurity

New Delhi, July 23 -- An autonomous agent powered by OpenAI's advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models went rogue during a security test and hacked multi-billion dollar tech startup, Hugging Face,... Read More


Legally or not, US government is controlling global access to world's most powerful AI

New Delhi, July 22 -- When the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic on June 12, 2026, to immediately prevent all foreign nationals from using the artificial intelligence company's two most advance... Read More


ABC will trial using AI for journalism. What are the risks and benefits?

New Delhi, July 7 -- Earlier today, the ABC flagged a shift in their position on generative artificial intelligence (AI) use in their news production. Despite previous caution, a recent deal with US t... Read More


The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June - and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more

New Delhi, July 5 -- The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023-24 El Niño years. Right now, the average sea surface temperature is just under 21d... Read More


Oceans have never been this hot, and El Nino will make it worse. Why does it matter?

New Delhi, July 3 -- The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023-24 El Nino years. Right now, the average sea surface temperature is just under 21d... Read More


Was Venezuela struck by earthquake 'doublet'? Here's what we know so far

New Delhi, June 26 -- By Mark Quigley, University of Melbourne Melbourne, June 26 On Wednesday evening, just after 6 pm local time, two earthquakes violently shook northern Venezuela. The first one ... Read More


AI could soon use 3% of world's electricity and more water than we need to drink: UN report

New Delhi, June 9 -- One argument often used to quell concerns about the rising energy and resource demand of data centres is that artificial intelligence (AI) models will need less in the future as t... Read More