Contract ‘carrots’: Proposal to link lucrative government deals to gender diversity in STEM
Ensuring businesses have gender diversity action plans when applying for contracts is important, says Girl Geek Academy CEO Sarah Moran.
New law paves the way for digital statutory declarations
Federal attorney-general Mark Dreyfus wrote into law the permanent ability to use digital execution, electronic signatures and video witnessing to create statutory declarations.
Square outage: Australian businesses unable to accept card payments
Payment tech and point of sale platform Square appeared to suffer a major and widespread outage on Friday morning, leaving many small businesses unable to process transactions through the peak hour rush.
Slack just announced new Gen AI features, including channel recaps and thread summaries
Slack just announced new features, including generative AI tools to summarise threads, recap channels and answer questions for you.
Meet AI Builder Club: The free short residency program for Australian AI startups
Meet the AI Builder Club, a free six-week residency program for enthusiasts and engineers to build their own AI projects with expert mentorship.
‘Very good’ at manipulating humans: Why smarter, deceptive AI systems pose a huge risk
Can AI systems deceive humans? The authors argue a range of systems have already learned to do this – and the risks range from fraud and election tampering to us losing control over AI.
The part of the productivity debate that continues to be ignored
In economists' zealous enthusiasm to unveil how increases in productivity will drive exponential profits and growth, one key part of the narrative is missing.
66% of Australian workers using Gen AI aren’t disclosing it, here’s why that’s a problem
A report by Deloitte has revealed 66% of Australian workers using generative AI aren't telling their bosses. Here's why that's a problem.
Women applicants trust AI more than human recruiters
According to a recent white paper, women are 30% more likely to complete a job application if an AI recruiter is involved.
A PayID scam is all over Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree. Here’s how to avoid it
Scammers constantly target unsuspecting buyers and sellers using PayID on online trading sites such as Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree.
69% of small businesses report issues with generative AI as content accuracy, employee morale take a hit
A new Xero report found 69% of small businesses have encountered issues with generative AI, yet a large percentage still trust it with sensitive data.
Xero unveils new AI tools, opens entries for $690,000 Beautiful Business Fund
Xerocon kicks off in Sydney today and with it comes some new AI tools and Xero's $690,000 Beautiful Business Fund.
