Less than half of Australian children and teens think they can tell real news stories from fake. So how well are we preparing them for a new media world order?Beneath an old Queenslander on the south side of the Brisbane River, beside a garage with a hand-painted sign that reads “recording” and above a computer in a cluttered spare room, is a Post-it...

A new essay on the rise of superintelligent machines pivots from being a warning to humanity to a rallying cry for an industrial complex to bolster American military defence Ten years ago, the Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom published Superintelligence, a book exploring how superintelligent machines could be created and what the implications of such...

Pope Francis is leaning on thinking of Paolo Benanti, a friar adept at explaining how technology can change worldAfter a gruelling first day discussing how to finance a prolonged war against an authoritarian dictator, G7 leaders in Puglia next turned for advice from someone who insists he is infallible, and for good measure thinks Ukraine should have...

As growing numbers of people turn to grieftech, some are disturbed by its possible consequencesWhen Christi Angel first talked to a chatbot impersonating her deceased partner, Cameroun, she found the encounter surreal and “very weird”.“Yes, I knew it was an AI system but, once I started chatting, my feeling was I was talking to Cameroun. That’s how...

Pontiff says machines should never be able to decide whether human beings live or diePope Francis has made a historic address to G7 leaders urging them to recognise they have the power to decide if artificial intelligence becomes a terrifying or creative tool, and calling on them to ban the use of autonomous weapons in war.In the first address by a...

Ex-president also mulled over the repercussions of world leaders being deepfaked to announce false nuclear attackDonald Trump has said he used a speech generated by artificial intelligence (AI) after being impressed by the content.The former US president, whose oratory is noted for its rambling, off-the-cuff style but also for its demagoguery, made...