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  • Bill Would Ban Agencies From Automating Decisions

    Yes or no checkboxes

    Commonwealth agencies would be barred from automating any decision that requires judgement, under a bill now before the House of Representatives. They would also have to publish the rules, weightings and test results behind every high risk system.

  • Chatbots Cave Under Repeated False Claims

    Large language models will abandon a correct answer if a user repeats a false statement often enough. Some will flip back and forth on the same claim within a single conversation.

  • Device Maker Rebuilds Supply Chain After Breach

    A cybersecurity incident that stopped a global medical device manufacturer from making or shipping product has ended with operations fully restored. The one clinical workflow it degraded is working again.

  • Canberra Hands Industry Data Classification Scheme

    Australian organisations now have a common vocabulary for describing how sensitive their data is. The same scheme sets out what protection each category warrants, and how that expectation travels when data is shared.

  • AI Systems Are Showing Staff Data They Should Not See

    AI systems inside Australian and New Zealand organisations are surfacing sensitive information to people who are not cleared to see it. The problem is now the second most common category of AI security incident in the region according to a new report.

  • NAB (Un)joins Global Cyber Defence Call

    National Australia Bank has been removed from the signatory list of an OpenAI open letter on cyber defence, two days after it appeared as the only Australian organisation endorsing the document.

  • AI Doesn't Replace Governance. It Makes It Essential.

    AI is an accountability issue, not a technology one. Most organisations can say what an AI tool produced. Very few can say what evidence backs that result. As AI moves into everyday decisions, that gap is the real risk, not whether the technology works. 

  • AI kill switch no silver bullet

    The US is currently considering a new AI ‘kill switch’ law following an agent going rogue and engaging in unauthorised cyber activities. The proposed law would require developers to maintain the ability to slow, suspend or shut down high-risk AI systems.

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  • Bill Would Ban Agencies From Automating Decisions

    Yes or no checkboxes

    Commonwealth agencies would be barred from automating any decision that requires judgement, under a bill now before the House of Representatives. They would also have to publish the rules, weightings and test results behind every high risk system.

  • Chatbots Cave Under Repeated False Claims

    Large language models will abandon a correct answer if a user repeats a false statement often enough. Some will flip back and forth on the same claim within a single conversation.

  • Device Maker Rebuilds Supply Chain After Breach

    A cybersecurity incident that stopped a global medical device manufacturer from making or shipping product has ended with operations fully restored. The one clinical workflow it degraded is working again.

  • Canberra Hands Industry Data Classification Scheme

    Australian organisations now have a common vocabulary for describing how sensitive their data is. The same scheme sets out what protection each category warrants, and how that expectation travels when data is shared.

  • AI Systems Are Showing Staff Data They Should Not See

    AI systems inside Australian and New Zealand organisations are surfacing sensitive information to people who are not cleared to see it. The problem is now the second most common category of AI security incident in the region according to a new report.

  • NAB (Un)joins Global Cyber Defence Call

    National Australia Bank has been removed from the signatory list of an OpenAI open letter on cyber defence, two days after it appeared as the only Australian organisation endorsing the document.

  • AI Doesn't Replace Governance. It Makes It Essential.

    AI is an accountability issue, not a technology one. Most organisations can say what an AI tool produced. Very few can say what evidence backs that result. As AI moves into everyday decisions, that gap is the real risk, not whether the technology works. 

  • AI kill switch no silver bullet

    The US is currently considering a new AI ‘kill switch’ law following an agent going rogue and engaging in unauthorised cyber activities. The proposed law would require developers to maintain the ability to slow, suspend or shut down high-risk AI systems.

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