James Purtill

As big tech invests billions in a race to control “the most powerful technology in the world”, some of AI’s inventors fear the future they’ve helped create.

In January 2020, Robert Williams was wrongly arrested — the victim of a faulty artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system. Even as he fought to clear his name, the system continued operating.

A board game contest between human and machine in 2016 marked the birth of modern AI. This is the moment the world changed forever.

After the Black Summer fires, experts called for a way of detecting bushfires more rapidly, using satellites. But executing this idea faces challenges.

If you’re looking for a career, or considering re-training, there’s at least one sector that will have a tonne of work for the next few decades.

Australians won’t be travelling overseas in large numbers before mid-next year, Qantas predicts.

The House of Om crammed more than 100 people into a treetop studio near Ubud. A few days later, it denied what had happened.

Australians are fleeing home interstate. Is the exodus from the epicenters spreading the disease?

With coronavirus spreading in Australia, investigators are working 24/7 to track down people who may be infected.

We’ve heard a lot about ‘prescribed burning’ - does it work and what other options are there?