Artificial Intelligence

Australian employers are using artificial intelligence hiring systems for recruitment, but new research suggests the technology may "enable discrimination" against marginalised groups.

A pro-Russian influence operation has been targeting Australia in the lead-up to this weekend's federal election, the ABC can reveal, attempting to "poison" AI chatbots with propaganda.

Experts say systems relying on artificial intelligence can make your life easier. Here’s what you may want to consider if you’re a beginner.

Plans to expand automated decision-making in New Zealand's welfare sector has charities and legal experts concerned.

Artificial intelligence is a scammer's newest tool as experts warn they can generate fake photos, voice clones, phishing emails and fake websites “at an increasingly rapid rate”. 

People are turning to AI chatbots for cheap or even free therapy but how does this compare to seeking a professional for help, and what does it mean for the future of mental health treatment?

A single bot generated and published millions of articles on the largest non-English version of Wikipedia. The results caused a rift among editors — and a glimpse of what the online encyclopedia might face from AI.

Part machine and part virtuoso, composer Zubin Kanga is using technology to smash down classical music’s boundaries.

Two new studies suggest optical computing will address "bottlenecks in traditional computing" and reduce energy demands driven by advances in AI. 

Thousands of creatives have signed the petition which calls for an end to the unlicensed use of creative work to train generative AI models.

An AI forecast about ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred's path was far more accurate than leading weather models used by meteorological organisations.

The frenzy to create Ghibli-style art using ChatGPT has sparked a heated debate about the ethical concerns of AI-generated art, copyright issues and the future livelihoods of artists.

A person living in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria is 34 per cent more likely to get skin cancer than other Victorians. A team of researchers and doctors are working to improve health outcomes.

Tech giant Meta used millions of pirated books by Australian authors including Hannah Kent, Charlotte Wood and Tim Winton to train its AI language model.

The Australian Society of Authors CEO Lucy Hayward says thousands of original books are thought to have been allegedly used by Meta to train its AI.

Artificial intelligence has crept into almost every corner of our lives. So with the federal election looming, BTN High speaks to young people about how they think it will influence voting and how to tell if it's the real deal.

As AI technology rapidly improves, some people in South Korea talk with computer-generated models of their dead loved ones to process grief and say goodbye. 

South Korean company DeepBrain AI uses technology to animate a photo or video that mimic a dead person's voice.

Digital rights group Noyb says the chatbot generated inaccurate personal data, violating EU privacy rules.

OpenAI says its latest chatbot should make fewer "hallucination" errors based on a measurement system the company devised. So how does it work, and what does it show?