Copilot Cowork is Microsoft’s new cloud-based AI agent built with Anthropic's Claude technology that can plan, execute, and deliver multi-step work across Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint on a user's behalf.
Fragmented enterprise knowledge stores have a new challenger. Sydney-based IT services firm Adactin has released AFIVE, an AI-powered platform that uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to give employees natural language access to documents held across multiple cloud repositories.
The New Zealand Government has released a discussion document proposing mandatory cyber security obligations for operators of critical infrastructure, including enforceable minimum standards, incident reporting requirements, and director-level accountability.
OpenAI has launched a centralised File Library in ChatGPT, giving paid subscribers persistent document storage accessible across multiple sessions for the first time.
As someone working at the intersection of cybersecurity and public sector technology, I’ve long respected the Essential Eight framework developed by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). It’s practical, actionable, and has helped lift the security posture across government agencies and critical infrastructure. But the world has changed. And so must our approach.
