News New survey finds 41% of Australian teens using AI for news research by Zachariah Tritisniotis A new contender has entered the media ring Over the past three decades, the growing juggernaut of news consumption has been social media. With just a brief morning scroll on…
AI News Bill Gates has turned on AI by Tammy Moir Bill Gates wrote a monster 6,000-word essay about AI and, basically, he’s turned on it. Okay, he hasn’t completely turned on it, but he’s definitely gone cold. Gates still thinks…
AI News Turns out it was way too soon for the Robot Olympics by Maya Quinn The Robot Olympics are fucking funny. The Robot Olympics have wrapped up in Beijing and, judging by the footage coming out of them, humanity can probably relax for another five…
AI News ARIA has officially drawn the line on AI-generated music by Tammy Moir Fully AI-generated songs are out, but human-made music using AI can still make the charts. A few months ago, one of the biggest songs on Australian radio came with a…
AI News Dr. Dre is already using AI to make music by Tammy Moir AI is still in its extremely divisive phase. There are people finding genuinely useful ways to work with it, and people who want absolutely nothing to do with it. If…
AI News A tweet from 2012 says ‘Stop chat gpt!!’ and looks like it came from the future by Tammy Moir Here’s the story behind the viral tweet from 2012 “Stop chat gpt!!” A completely unremarkable tweet from 2012 has suddenly resurfaced for one very particular reason. It reads: “Stop chat…
News Key report behind Australia’s social media ban may have used AI for the wrong reasons by Zachariah Tritisniotis “Citations appear to be AI hallucinated, rather than being based on real sources” Last December, Australia’s social media ban was a pretty wild experiment to combat teen overuse of its…
AI News Brian May asked AI to recreate a Queen cover by Tammy Moir Brian May’s AI image of Queen makes the band look like they come from another dimension. There are bigger questions surrounding AI right now, obviously. But watching it confidently butcher…
AI Music News Spotify reveals plan to label AI-generated artists by Chi–Chi Attard Spotify is making moves to protect real artists. It’s undeniable that labelling AI artists is a necessary step to benefit the careers of real musicians. AI music can certainly be…
AI News Claude has invisible watermarks now. So does it actually matter? by Happy Invisible AI watermarks sound like the kind of thing dreamed up in an exceptionally boring episode of Black Mirror. Anthropic is introducing invisible watermarks across supported Claude models, alongside provenance…
News Brad Pitt shares thoughts on AI music and the value of live music by Zachariah Tritisniotis AI might make music, but it can’t make memories Everyone remembers when Frank Ocean did one of his rare performances for Blonde and the fans got an unexpected cameo. During…
News Man accidentally hacks into gym website with his AI assistant by Zachariah Tritisniotis Get yourself an assistant that can do it all, even if that means hacking a website. A couple months ago, Five Eyes shared an urgent call for Australia to prepare…
AI Film and TV Eli Roth’s AI confession has horror fans Asking: Is nothing sacred? by Niamh Farrell Can horror stay handcrafted if AI keeps creeping into filmmaking? For more than two decades, Roth has been one of horror’s loudest champions. The director behind Cabin Fever and Hostel…
