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Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?

News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.

FBI investigating claim hackers have stolen details of all its agents

The hackers claim they have every agent's name, role, badge number and personal details including home address, phone numbers and spouse information.

Are we back in big tech's 'move fast and break things' era?

Despite promises to make safe AI, examples of bots behaving badly are now coming at us thick and fast.

Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

What you need to know about the OpenAI Australian government hack

The BBC’s North America technology correspondent Lily Jamali explains how the Medicare breach happened, and why it matters.

Indians are discovering the thrill of shopping without paying

Dopamine sites mimic shopping’s thrill without the spending, turning the ritual of consumption into a digital game.

US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards

OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.

Pornhub investigated over its age checks

The regulator says it has concerns over how the site is relying on third party checks provided by Apple for some users.

OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine

Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable

US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'

Under the draft laws, tech firms face fines if they do not give users the option to switch off algorithms.

Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres?

To save power and add capacity, data centres are switching from copper wires to tech using light.

Huge data centres rise at 'China speed' to power its AI ambitions

The BBC visits Inner Mongolia, an unlikely frontier in Beijing's AI race with Washington.

Rare look at the remote engine rooms fuelling China's AI boom

The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.

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China is competing with the United States and other nations to develop AI.

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What should children learn in a world transformed by artificial intelligence?

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Scammers demand money from Instagram users over fake copyright claims.

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AI can only communicate in languages that it's been trained on.

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Adrienne Murray follows NASA scientists in Iceland researching a rare total solar eclipse.

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Shiona McCallum meets mums and hospital staff trialling a new assisted birth innovation.

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Laura Cress has the highlights from Gamescom, the biggest gaming convention in the world.

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New technologies measuring forests and exclusive access to a hacker rehab programme.

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