Civil servants using Microsoft 365 Copilot saved an average of 26 minutes per day during a major UK government trial, according to a new report that could shape the future of AI adoption across the UK public sector.
Following a two-year investigation, Regional Australia Bank (RAB) has been found liable for a significant privacy breach that saw the personal financial data of up to 197 customers mixed up and potentially disclosed to the wrong people, according to a determination released by Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind.
The Australian finance industry is poised to deliver up to $A60 billion in economic growth by 2035 through the adoption of generative artificial intelligence, according to a new report that warns against heavy-handed government regulation of the emerging technology.
The main problem with big tech’s experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) is not that it could take over humanity. It’s that large language models (LLMs) like Open AI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Meta’s Llama continue to get things wrong, and the problem is intractable.
Amid a rising global trend driven by increasing cyber threats, operational disruptions, and heightened consumer protection expectations, the insurance industry is facing stricter compliance and regulatory oversight.
Westpac has launched groundbreaking artificial intelligence technology designed to help its customer service teams identify and stop scams as they happen during phone conversations with customers.
A cybersecurity researcher has uncovered one of the largest credential exposures of 2025, with an unprotected database containing over 184 million login credentials suspected to have been harvested through malicious InfoStealer malware.
Australia's artificial intelligence landscape is entering uncharted territory as autonomous AI agents begin operating with unprecedented independence, creating a complex web of governance challenges that existing legal framework struggle to address, according to new analysis from Herbert Smith Freehills.
The cyberattack that has targeted UK retailer Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) is the latest in a growing wave of cases involving something called sim-swap fraud. While the full technical details remain under investigation, a report in the Times suggests that cyber attackers used this method to access M&S internal systems, possibly by taking control of an employee’s mobile number and convincing IT staff to reset critical login credentials.
