Scoop: Australia has picked a philosopher and air force reservist to lead a new body tasked with keeping Australians safe from the harms of AI.
Dr Kate Conroy started this month at the Australian AI Safety Institute, which will monitor, test and share info on emerging threats from AI.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/kate-conroy-leading-ai-safety-institute/106736306
Data centres powering AI could demand as much new electricity as cars & houses until 2040, per Greenpeace analysis.
It's not just the size of the energy demand, but also its immediacy: forecasts for data centre energy use jumped 6x over the last year
Data centres powering AI could demand as much new electricity as cars & houses until 2040, per Greenpeace analysis.
It's not just the size of the energy demand, but also its immediacy: forecasts for data centre energy use jumped 6x over the last year