The chatbot with its own office and personal (human) assistant
Chatbots provide a way for customers to transact with companies from wherever they are at any hour of the day.
Chatbots provide a way for customers to transact with companies from wherever they are at any hour of the day.
Facebook is backing an Australian research project to help it better regulate the hate speech that starts and spreads on its platform.
Senior APAC Amazon Web Services executives have said the company does consider the ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning but doesn't publicise its efforts because "shouting loudest isn’t the best strategy".
Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith paints a bleak picture of a future where facial recognition technology has been rolled out without restriction.
Dr Jai Galliott – an academic at UNSW Canberra – used to be against fully autonomous weapons, an emerging class of military technology that leverages artificial intelligence to select and shoot enemies.
A French 3D printer maker is fighting back against the rise of 3D printed guns by flooding the internet with non-functioning firearm designs.
The UK government has launched a voluntary code of practice for internet connected device makers, and urged industry to improve the security of their consumer IoT products.
Some of the technology that has become available in the last few years, in the words of Blind Citizens Australia chief Emma Bennison “really does spell liberation”.
Australia’s gun enthusiasts aren’t particularly enthused about 3D printed plastic guns.
Every Australian has the right to seek justice under the law. But this principle counts for nothing when you can’t afford lawyers’ fees, are unable to deal with the complex legal system alone and are unable to access any assistance.
The board of .au domain administrator auDA has written to members to say it has contacted Victoria Police regarding "a number of practices of several former auDA directors".
One of Eastern Europe’s most prolific cyber criminals has been arrested in a joint operation involving Belarus, Germany and the US.
U.S. lawmakers, alarmed that foreign entities used the internet to influence last year's election, introduced legislation on Thursday to extend rules governing political advertising on television, print and radio to also cover social media.
The UK Secretary of State for Defence has struggled to explain what his government wants tech companies to do to support national security operations, but was adamant that “they have to do more”.
Attorney-General George Brandis has said the government will seek to gain “appropriate legal powers” to access communications sent with end-to-end encryption by criminal groups.