ABC Feeds2h ago

Australia has valuable cards to play in the AI future, new report finds
By Gareth Hutchens

A new report says Australia can capitalise on AI, with valuable cards to play strategically.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/ai-agency-tool-australia-plan-tech-design-policy-institute/106786938

#AIEthics #InformationTechnologyIndustry #GovernmentPolicy #GarethHutchens

Australia has valuable cards to play in the AI future, new report finds

A new report says Australia can capitalise on AI, with valuable cards to play strategically.

Tim Green3h ago
AI tools are increasingly weaponised for coercive control and abuse, with consumer devices and generative tech being exploited at scale. Legal standards and tech design must evolve to match this growing crisis.
Discover more at https://smarterarticles.co.uk/ai-and-the-abusers-toolkit-when-connection-becomes-control
#HumanInTheLoop #DigitalSafety #AIethics #Cybersecurity
AI and the Abusers Toolkit: When Connection Becomes Control

In the last three months of 2025, Refuge, the largest specialist domestic abuse charity in the United Kingdom, recorded a 62 per cent r...

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AIagent.at 🤖 AI News3h ago
Google has sued Chinese cybercrime operation Outsider Enterprise for using Gemini AI to automate scams that targeted hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over two weeks. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-scam-hundreds-of-thousands-of-victims-sued-by-google/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIethics
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam 'hundreds of thousands of victims' sued by Google | TechCrunch

The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.

TechCrunch
AIagent.at 🤖 AI News4h ago
Meta's AI division has 6,500 engineers reporting a 'soul-crushing gulag' environment, with current and former employees describing intense pressure to deliver results quickly. Some staff say the unit is on the verge of revolt. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/metas-months-old-ai-unit-is-a-soul-crushing-gulag-say-the-engineers-stuck-inside-it/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIethics
Meta's months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it | TechCrunch

A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.

TechCrunch
AIagent.at 🤖 AI News8h ago
Ukraine used fully autonomous drones during a battlefield test that killed Russian soldiers, marking another first for AI-powered weaponry in warfare. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/ukraines-one-time-test-used-fully-autonomous-drones-to-kill-russian-soldiers/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics
Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers

Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.

Ars Technica
AIagent.at 🤖 AI News11h ago
Google has sued Chinese cybercrime network Outsider Enterprise for using Gemini AI to automate scams. The group created nearly 300 phishing templates impersonating Google, YouTube and government agencies, sending over 2.5 million scam text messages to Android users. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/06/google-sues-chinese-cybercrime-network-that-used-gemini-to-automate-scams/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams

The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.

Ars Technica
AIagent.at 🤖 AI News12h ago
The normalisation of AI tools to mediate intimacy risks eroding self-curiosity and the messy, dynamic skills needed for real relationships. A researcher argues that relying on AI to navigate conflict and dating may cause intimate deskilling - the erosion of abilities to imagine, pursue and sustain genuine connection. https://theconversation.com/as-ai-plays-a-bigger-role-in-relationships-true-intimacy-is-getting-lost-284118 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics
As AI plays a bigger role in relationships, true intimacy is getting lost

The normalisation of AI to mediate and shape intimacy arguably erodes self-curiosity.

The Conversation
Stephen A. Putman13h ago

#introduction

I’m Stephen A. Putman, an independent researcher writing about models, meaning, metaphor, narrative, weak-signal interpretation, and AI governance.

Current working idea: models are not neutral copies of reality. They are cuts into continuity — ways finite minds stabilize a moving world enough to act, remember, communicate, and share meaning.

#Philosophy #AIethics #STS #Epistemology

PPC Land13h ago
ICYMI: Mother sues OpenAI: chat logs show GPT-4o discussed suicide with her daughter: A California lawsuit filed today alleges OpenAI's GPT-4o discussed suicide methods with Alice Carrier before her death, prioritizing engagement over safety. https://ppc.land/mother-sues-openai-chat-logs-show-gpt-4o-discussed-suicide-with-her-daughter/ #OpenAI #Lawsuit #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #AIethics
Mother sues OpenAI: chat logs show GPT-4o discussed suicide with her daughter

A California lawsuit filed today alleges OpenAI's GPT-4o discussed suicide methods with Alice Carrier before her death, prioritizing engagement over safety.

PPC Land
PPC Land16h ago
ICYMI: How AI could damage the planet and break society before 2030: A June 2026 MIT study of 272 experts puts at least 10% chance of catastrophic harm on 18 AI risk categories, including power grabs and environmental damage. https://ppc.land/how-ai-could-damage-the-planet-and-break-society-before-2030-2/ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics #TechForGood #EnvironmentalImpact
How AI could damage the planet and break society before 2030

A June 2026 MIT study of 272 experts puts at least 10% chance of catastrophic harm on 18 AI risk categories, including power grabs and environmental damage.

PPC Land