The Weekly Cybers #140
Crypto exchange Binance freezes funds after a potential hack, the Digital Duty of Care Bill clears the House of Reps, Anthropic files a data-free IPO, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #139
Two major cybersecurity dramas focus the internet’s attention, Meta cops a US$25 billion fine, AI can now recognise individual lobsters, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #138
Digital Duty of Care legislation introduced, new ASD cybersecurity framework released, Russian bot smashdown debunked, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #137
Firmus cancels its share float, OAIC investigates smart glasses app HeyCyan, Elon Musk gets another new job, and a very popular website returns to Australia.
The Weekly Cybers #136
OpenAI’s Medicare hack highlights dodgy government cybersecurity, Anthropic’s US$2 trillion IPO prospectus leaked, and Australian researchers get AI models “drunk” so they spill the tea.
The Weekly Cybers #135
OpenAI hacks Medicare and maybe others, Meta releases a new AI agent, tighter rules coming for .au domains, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #134
It’s a week when too much AI doomsaying is never enough; AI companies beg for regulation; more organisations ban smart glasses; and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #133
Australia rolls out its planned digital duty of care and algorithm opt-out laws, Anthropic researchers claim that AI has a greater than 10% chance of killing us all, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #132
“Second tranche” privacy laws finally appear (in draft form), AI hallucinations found in policy development workflows, and Russia warns datacentre operators to install anti-drone defences.
The Weekly Cybers #131
Meta to pay up to US$18 billion to settle massive lawsuit, datacentre energy use to grow 700% in next decade, and the cops arrest two “principal participants” in a major cybercrime gang.
The Weekly Cybers #130
Australian government to set up opt-in blocks for gambling adverts, Meta in court again (again), France’s teen social media ban ruled unconstitutional, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #129
X wins against the eSafety Commissioner, Meta loses against New Mexico, calls to ban “pervert glasses” are on the rise, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #128
More hacking by AI, eSafety’s own figures highlight ineffective teen social media ban, cheap smart specs in the news, and weird men run the tech industry.
The Weekly Cybers #127
Singtel wants to offload problem-plagued Optus, a Federal Court judge slams the government for not understanding AI, Elon Musk has a sook (again), and AI continues to work perfec... er, no.
The Weekly Cybers #126
Open AI’s AI hacks another AI company but everyone’s friends now, Australia lists some priorities for AI safety, and the US sooks about China’s shiny new AI model.
The Weekly Cybers #125
Albanese talks up a content-free AI “framework”, Telstra gets grilled over last week’s outage, and sexbots are repurposed as robot teachers. No, really.
The Weekly Cybers #124
eSafety to get more powers to uphold teen social media bans, ACCC takes Amazon to court over adverts in Prime Video, Trump makes US$1.4 billion from crypto, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #123
Australia’s teen social media ban to get “further strengthening”, WA Police deploys live face recognition cameras, Five Eyes nations warn of “devastating” AI-boosted cyber attacks, and much more.
The Weekly Cybers #122
UK to develop its own teen social media ban, US bans export of Anthropic’s most powerful AI model, Gina Rinehart spends big on SpaceX, and more.
The Weekly Cybers #121
OpenAI joins the share float bandwagon, link confirmed between teen social media use and depression, Australian government talks up the datacentre boom, and Pokémon Go goes to war.