Innovation

Social media is not “protecting us from false generative AI,” Eric Schmidt said Monday.

A new biotech incubator in Melbourne, the Jumar Bioincubator, operated by Cicada Innovations, has put a call-out to early stage start-ups looking to scale their ventures.

Structural pieces of OceanGate’s Titan submersible were discovered in a debris field near the wreck of the Titanic, a sign the submersible suffered a “catastrophic” event.

Researchers feared the five passengers had run out of oxygen aboard the Titan submersible, as the frantic search effort entered its fifth day.

“Twitter appears to have dropped the ball on tackling hate. A third of all complaints about online hate reported to us are now happening on Twitter,” Australia’s eSafety commissioner said.

In 2018, David Lochridge found that the submersible had been severely undertested and its porthole was only certified to withstand a fraction of the pressure it would experience on a Titanic dive.

An aircraft searching for the missing submarine sent on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage has reportedly detected “banging” sounds.

Design juggernaut Adobe’s US$20 billion bid to purchase cloud-based design platform Figma is reportedly under investigation by EU regulators over anti-competition concerns. That could be good news for Australian Adobe-rival, Canva.

ChatGPT founder Sam Altman is full of hope (and fear) about the future of artificial intelligence. Finishing off a five-week world tour at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre he spoke to audiences about the importance of incentives, harnessing the power of capitalism, and the potential of AI to destroy the world.

The trade group said in 2018 the submersible did not meet industry standards, despite advertising it did.