New Zealand law firm Buddle Findlay has warned that Kiwi businesses that hold or handle the personal information of individuals in Australia must prepare for strict new transparency rules regarding automated decision-making.
As enterprises accelerate deployment of agentic AI systems, Automation Anywhere has published a framework arguing that conventional sovereign AI approaches - focused primarily on data storage location - are insufficient for workflows where AI agents actively execute tasks across multiple systems and jurisdictions.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, an average global Fortune 500 enterprise will have over 150,000 agents in use, up from less than 15 in 2025, generating significant agent sprawl, IT complexity and management challenges.
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has confirmed that an unauthorised party accessed data within its corporate IT systems, triggering incident response protocols and an ongoing investigation into the scope of the breach.
Australia Post has partnered with AI security firm Alpha Level to apply machine learning to cyber threat detection across its national network - including systems used by thousands of licensed post offices and small businesses.
A Harvard Business Review Analytic Services study has found that while 94% of organisations recognise connected data and workflows as critical to AI success, fewer than one in three say their systems are actually well connected today.
A NSW Treasury employee has been arrested and charged over the alleged theft of more than 5,600 sensitive government documents in what the state government has declared a significant cyber incident.
Victoria Police is taking an average of nine months to process Freedom of Information requests – unchanged since at least 2022, when it was attributed to COVID-19.
Organisations that achieve positive AI outcomes invest up to four times more in data quality, governance, and workforce preparation than those with poor AI results, according to new research from Gartner.
A detailed guide clarifying how AI systems should process PDF documents has been published by The PDF Association. The FAQ warns that common ingestion practices risk information loss and hallucinations.
New Zealand law firm Buddle Findlay has warned that Kiwi businesses that hold or handle the personal information of individuals in Australia must prepare for strict new transparency rules regarding automated decision-making.
As enterprises accelerate deployment of agentic AI systems, Automation Anywhere has published a framework arguing that conventional sovereign AI approaches - focused primarily on data storage location - are insufficient for workflows where AI agents actively execute tasks across multiple systems and jurisdictions.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, an average global Fortune 500 enterprise will have over 150,000 agents in use, up from less than 15 in 2025, generating significant agent sprawl, IT complexity and management challenges.
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has confirmed that an unauthorised party accessed data within its corporate IT systems, triggering incident response protocols and an ongoing investigation into the scope of the breach.
Australia Post has partnered with AI security firm Alpha Level to apply machine learning to cyber threat detection across its national network - including systems used by thousands of licensed post offices and small businesses.
A Harvard Business Review Analytic Services study has found that while 94% of organisations recognise connected data and workflows as critical to AI success, fewer than one in three say their systems are actually well connected today.
A NSW Treasury employee has been arrested and charged over the alleged theft of more than 5,600 sensitive government documents in what the state government has declared a significant cyber incident.
Victoria Police is taking an average of nine months to process Freedom of Information requests – unchanged since at least 2022, when it was attributed to COVID-19.
Organisations that achieve positive AI outcomes invest up to four times more in data quality, governance, and workforce preparation than those with poor AI results, according to new research from Gartner.
A detailed guide clarifying how AI systems should process PDF documents has been published by The PDF Association. The FAQ warns that common ingestion practices risk information loss and hallucinations.
Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has expanded access to a highly advanced model deemed too dangerous for public release, including Australia in the select handful of users. The large language model, known as Claude Mythos, is now being rolled out to an additional 150 organisations across 15 countries, including the Australian government and several local businesses, as part of Project Glasswing.
There is a very real risk the AI revolution could cause an international catastrophe within five years, a panel of 272 experts has found. The experts defined catastrophe as more than one million deaths, more than $ US100 billion in losses, or civilisation-scale damage to democracy or privacy.
A ransomware attack on Australia's second-largest sugar producer has shut two Queensland mills, the latest blow to critical infrastructure as attacks on essential industries climb.
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has opened national consultation on the evolution of the Essential Eight, its flagship cyber security framework.
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) has released version 4.1 of its Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM), the first major revision since 2012. The update arrives as organisations confront AI adoption, expanding privacy obligations and growing pressure to coordinate information decisions across departments.
More than one in 10 enterprises will be AI-first by 2030, outperforming competitors in the adoption of AI agents, semantics and converged data and analytics (D&A) platforms, according to Gartner, Inc.
The Department of Finance has tied staff use of generative artificial intelligence to data classification and recordkeeping rules, in guidance released under Freedom of Information.
