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Community members in an AI awareness workshop

Everyday risk6 min read

Your mum’s voice, cloned: how the new phone scam works

A three-second clip is enough. Here’s the five-minute family conversation that stops it.

Data centre in the Australian outback

Catastrophic risk12 min

Could we lose control of AI? A calm guide to the big question

What researchers actually mean by "existential risk", where they disagree, and what would make us safer.

City skyline at night

Work with AI8 min

Five AI tools worth a small business owner’s time, and three to avoid

Tested by a Ballarat bakery, a Suva tour operator and a Brisbane accountant.

Australian coastline at first light

Data sovereignty: why First Nations communities are drawing a line

Language, story and image are being scraped into AI. Communities are setting the terms.

Students learning in a regional classroom

AI in the classroom: what parents should ask this term

Five questions for your child’s school, and what good answers sound like.

Farmer using a drone in a wheat field

The Pacific can’t be an afterthought in AI rules

Small island nations face outsized risks from misinformation and climate-model bias.