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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.

The AI agent followed its instructions, optimised the task, and executed flawlessly. Yet in doing so, it set off a chain of decisions that exposed sensitive data, alienated customers, and left executives scrambling to explain an outcome no one had explicitly authorised.

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.

All 10 public universities in New South Wales have deficiencies in their IT and cyber security controls, the NSW Auditor-General has found, with weak management of legacy systems leaving the sector exposed to data breaches and system failures.

Stolen healthcare data is being traded through a mature global underground economy spanning ransomware groups, access brokers and fraud marketplaces, new TrendAI research reveals.

The Australian Government has signed its second Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft in seven weeks, this time covering cyber security, secure cloud and critical infrastructure resilience.

Nearly 80% of enterprise IT leaders say limited data access is constraining their AI and data initiatives, despite most organisations reporting active AI integration across core business processes, according to a new Cloudera survey.

Ask most people what Knowledge Management means and they'll mention a chatbot. Or a FAQ database. Or the system the contact centre uses to answer customer calls faster. They're not wrong. That is KM. But it's one room in a very large house. And while everyone's focused on that room, the rest of the house is quietly falling apart.