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#theguardian.com. × Retailers want ‘delightfully human’ AI to do your shopping, but will the chatbots go rogue?. Plans for agentic shopping assistants are under way at Australia’s major companies. Guardian Australia tested the technology after a string of mishaps

#theguardian.com. × Signs of psychosis seen in Australian users’ interactions with AI chatbots, expert warns. Toby Walsh says he despairs at Australian government’s lack of regulation of artificial intelligence

#theguardian.com. × Is the share market headed toward a ‘SaaS-pocalypse’ – and what would that mean?. Software companies are facing major disruption from AI and investors are pulling back, wiping off billions in value – but does it spell the end for software-as-a-service?

#theguardian.com. × ‘Opening up worlds’: Linda Burney joins UTS board with a mission to boost Aboriginal participation. Former minister helped develop Australia’s first Aboriginal education policy in the 1980s and brings decades of expertise to embattled university

#theguardian.com. × Is it smarter to have a dumb home? ‘We’ve seen clients unable to flush toilets’. Australia experienced a boom in smart-home technology at the start of the 2020s. Years on, some early adopters are experiencing buyer’s remorse

#theguardian.com. × KPMG partner fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat in AI training test. Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July

#theguardian.com. × New rules on social media could target ‘doomscrolling’ and ban for under-16s, Starmer says – UK politics live. Prime minister says outcomes of consultation on social media ban should be implemented quickly as technology minister says Australia-style ban is not inevitable

#theguardian.com. × DNA technology used to catch Golden State Killer leads to NSW arrest over historic alleged sexual assaults. Police charge Kempsey man for alleged attacks between 1991 and 2002

#theguardian.com. × ‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland. The 85-year-old magazine will return to the city for which it was named after a successful bid by Queensland University of Technology

#theguardian.com. × Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime. Bunnings store managers gave evidence of regular threatening or abusive behaviour from some customers

#theguardian.com. × Condemnation of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot reached ‘tipping point’ after French raid, Australia’s eSafety chief says. A number of countries including Australia are investigating X over Grok-produced sexualised deepfakes

#theguardian.com. × ‘A mixed blessing’: crowdfunding has changed the way we give, but is it fair and effective?. Millions of dollars have been raised for Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed, while campaigns are backing families hit by Victoria’s bushfires. What does this way of giving mean for the charity sector?

#theguardian.com. × Snapchat blocks more than 400,000 Australian accounts but warns of ‘significant gaps’ in under-16s social media ban. Social media platform says there are still ‘real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification’

#theguardian.com. × ‘This can’t be left to individual families’: how social media ban could affect under-16s. Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UK

#theguardian.com. × Meta starts notifying Australian teens of account shutdowns as social media ban looms. Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December when ban will begin

#theguardian.com. × Australia news live: Optus fined $800k over phone scam; NSW targets ‘dehumanising’ work systems such as Amazon’s. Follow live

#theguardian.com. × Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply. Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups

#theguardian.com. × E-waste not want not: how to recycle old phones and computers. The average Australian generates about 22kg of e-waste yearly. Here’s how to responsibly recycle your unwanted devices

#theguardian.com. × Meta could face millions in fines for not signing content deals in Australia. Labor’s proposed media bargaining incentive to apply to platforms with Australian-derived revenue of at least $250m, according to Treasury

#theguardian.com. × Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk. From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal government

#theguardian.com. × MP Andrew Gee praises himself as ‘the good guy’ in Facebook fail. Independent MP for Calare caught doing an ‘Angus Taylor’ by replying to a Facebook post from his own account

#theguardian.com. × Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work. In wake of Trump administration group chat scandal, department’s chief operating officer tells Senate there is no ban on staff using the feature

#theguardian.com. × From Meanjin to Warrane, Apple Maps adds more than 250 Indigenous place names in Australia. App to also show land borders for Indigenous protected areas and reserves following similar updates in Canada and the United States in 2023

#theguardian.com. × Australians can now use Apple AirPods Pro as hearing aids – but experts warn they’re not for everyone. Experts hope the use of the headphones for mild to moderate hearing loss will reduce stigma and persuade people to test their hearing

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