Microsoft
The top five shares Boomers and Millennials are buying
These investors have million-dollar-plus portfolios, but are buying very different shares.
- by Millie Muroi
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Analysis
AI
Stolen information? The mystery over how tech giants train their AI chatbots
Google, Microsoft and OpenAI say they collect data legally from public sources, but others claim AI chatbots are trained using more nefarious methods.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
AI
The world is scrambling to take back control of a risky technology
The sheer speed at which artificial intelligence has advanced has governments around the world scrambling to regulate a technology that carries as many risks to society as it does opportunities.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Microsoft’s 1000% share price surge makes CEO a billion-dollar man
Microsoft’s best days were feared to be behind it when Satya Nadella took over. Now he has joined an exclusive club.
- by Pui Gwen Yeung and Anders Melin
Chinese hackers stole US government emails, say Microsoft and White House
Microsoft said the hackers were able to remain undetected for a month after gaining access to email data from about 25 organisations in mid-May.
- by William Turton and Sarah Zheng
Opinion
Competition
The walls are closing in on Google and co
The backlash against the world’s tech giants is gathering pace. The potential ramifications could be dire.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Virtual reality
Apple’s cautious step into a brave new world
Apple has launched a new “mixed reality” headset that could eventually be a platform for the long-awaited mass take-up of virtual and augmented reality technologies.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
AI poses ‘risk of extinction’ on par with nukes, tech leaders say
There are hundreds of signatures on a one-sentence open letter that succinctly warns AI poses an existential threat to humanity, but two notable names are missing.
- by Aaron Gregg, Cristiano Lima and Gerrit De Vynck
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AI
Labor to take first steps in writing AI rule book
Sources say the government has been in talks about a discussion paper on artificial intelligence and is preparing for public consultations.
- by Paul Sakkal
Australia, Five Eyes partners blame China for malicious hacking campaign
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the government was “not going to be shy” about calling out state-sponsored hacking campaigns.
- by Matthew Knott
Spotify executive who signed Harry and Meghan exits as hundreds of jobs cut
Dawn Ostroff, who signed a multimillion-dollar podcast deal with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will leave Spotify.
- by Matthew Field