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NSW State and Local Governments on Automation Overdrive: Report

The use of automated decision-making (ADM) systems by state and local governments in NSW is widespread, varied in function and technology, and actively expanding according to a report from the NSW Ombudsman.

‘Information Hyperinflation’ a threat to Privacy and Security

A new study of roughly 400 information management professionals based in Australia - Content Cognition to the Rescue in the Age of Information Hyperinflation - highlights how the increasing information overload in the nation’s largest enterprises could impact effective data privacy and security governance.

We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958

A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to the world in 1958 in a brief news story buried deep in The New York Times. The story cited the U.S. Navy as saying that the Perceptron would lead to machines that “will be able to walk, talk, see, write, reproduce itself and be conscious of its existence.” More than six decades later, similar claims are being made about current artificial intelligence. So, what’s changed in the intervening years? In some ways, not much.

CBA and Microsoft forge ahead with Generative AI

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is deepening its existing partnership with Microsoft after signing a new ‘letter of intent’ to drive wider adoption of generative AI (Gen AI) and ongoing cyber security initiatives. 

DDOS Attacks Surge in Financial Services Industry

The Financial services sector is now the number one target for DDoS attacks, with a 154% increase in DDoS attacks between 2022 to 2023 according to a new report by global financial service cyber-intelligence sharing group FS-ISAC. In the APAC region, financial services ranked as the third-most attacked sector, representing 11% of DDoS attacks.

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