1+ week, 4+ day ago   (730+ words) A mother has revealed her anguish over how and when to tell her young daughter she had been targeted by a deepfake image creator who distributed sexualised pictures. Former software developer Antonio Rotondo, 56, was sentenced to two years in prison…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (749+ words) Australians could have the ability to opt out of social media algorithms under new digital laws as leaders try to limit the spread of violent, misogynistic content online. The Federal Government will also consider bans on pornography depicting strangulation or…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (737+ words) New Zealand’s Government is ‌introducing a bill to parliament banning children under ‌16 from using social media, with fines of up to 10 per cent of a platform’s global revenue ‌for non-compliance. “We won’t get every single child off social media. Some…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (894+ words) Universities are increasingly turning to oral exams to stop students using artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat. Some unis say it allows teachers to more accurately test students’ knowledge. Meanwhile, some NSW schools are also using oral exams to prevent cheating....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1014+ words) People are less likely to correct mistakes when they believe they are made by artificial intelligence rather than by humans, a new study has found. The study, published in PNAS Nexus and involving a randomised experiment with more than 1300 teachers…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (732+ words) A former engineering director at Meta Platforms has testified that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was responsible for a culture that may have led the company ‌to shirk its responsibility to protect children who use its Facebook and Instagram platforms from harm....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1386+ words) Respect doesn’t begin with rules, it begins with identity. Before children decide how they’ll treat other people, they’ve already decided how they’ll treat themselves. Primary school children come up with the podcast ideas, help write the scripts and become the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (854+ words) The popular online video game platform and game creation system on Thursday received an enforceable undertaking following concerns about exploitation and abuse guardrails on its platform. The eSafety Commission alleged the game was not meeting its obligations under the Online…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (588+ words) “We believe it’s really critical for teens to have access to AI but, at the same time, we also understand that access must be paired with the right protections designed specifically for teens,” OpenAI Australia and New Zealand policy head…...