Innovation

They say that when the US sneezes, Australia catches a cold. But when it comes to ByteDance-owned social media platform TikTok, Australia is blazing its own trail.

“Top-rated sellers” on eBay are selling thousands of AI-generated and photoshopped pornographic images of at least 40 celebrities including Taylor Swift and Jenna Ortega.

TGE purchased 60 medium-duty electric trucks, the largest order Volvo has received to date anywhere in the world. The green trucks replace one-third of TGE’s fleet and will be used to deliver packages to customers around Sydney.

Pundits have long ago called what seems like a foregone conclusion – that the upcoming 2024 American general election will once again be a matchup between the 45th President Donald Trump and 46th President Joe Biden. And people are not happy with the same old – with about 2/3rds of Americans ‘tired of seeing the same candidates’ as demonstrated by an early January Reuters/Ipsos poll.

As language models like ChatGPT and Gemini have ushered in a new age of AI in Silicon Valley, powerful tech companies are looking to drug discovery and digital biology.

The estimated value of 11 leading private fintech startups shows declines as high as 79%. But a few have started to recover.

In an interview, founders Dario and Daniela Amodei told Forbes that Anthropic’s new enterprise-focused model, released Monday, outperforms rivals GPT-4 and Google’s Gemini 1.0 Ultra.

Apple has issued iOS 17.4, along with a warning to update now. That’s because iOS 17.4 fixes at least four security issues, two of which are already being used in real-life attacks.

Many regional and remote areas of Australia are still without high-speed, low-cost connectivity, despite the spotlight on closing the digital divide in recent years. These services are essential to keep up with a world shifting rapidly online, greatly impacting the liveability, productivity and safety of these communities.

Sam Altman will reportedly return to the board of OpenAI, even after that same board ousted him for allegedly failing to be “candid” with it.