Today
Drone food delivery set to land in Melbourne’s east
Lightweight, styrofoam drones will soon be flying over the city, delivering meals and packages to homes in Melbourne’s sprawling outer-eastern suburbs.
- Tom Rabe
This Month
Microsoft, Apple walk away from OpenAI board
The ChatGPT maker plans a strategy to engage with its crucial partners as regulatory scrutiny of the sector increases.
- Camilla Hodgson and George Hammond
Movie stars to narrate audiobooks from beyond the grave with AI
The estates of Judy Garland, James Dean, Sir Laurence Olivier and Burt Reynolds have sold the rights to their famous voices to be used by an AI gimmick reader app.
- Matthew Field
EY’s new boss leaves split questions up in the air
Janet Truncale’s alternative to a failed spin-off of the firm’s consulting arm is criticised for lacking detail.
- Stephen Foley and Simon Foy
We’re not coming for your job, AI companies say
A report funded by the AI industry says artificial intelligence will create 200,000 jobs in Australia by 2030.
- John Davidson
June
Biden tries to calm wealthy donors after dismal debate performance
The president held fund-raising events with Democratic donors amid calls for him to step aside over concerns about his fitness.
- Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw
- Exclusive
- Office
Can Google bring the groove to drab Docklands?
The tech giant is eyeing the top three floors in Lendlease’s Melbourne Quarter Tower, a move that could add hipster vibes to the drab Docklands precinct.
- Nick Lenaghan
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
Publishers fear this new Google AI feature will kill their traffic
Google’s ‘AI Overviews’ has rolled out in the US. Its AI-generated results push links down by a full page, a new study has found.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Short and sharp: courses that can lead to better jobs
Bite-sized qualifications deliver better jobs and pay for employees and competitiveness for employers.
- Agnes King
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Aussie tech stocks that could supercharge a portfolio
These seven companies have collectively returned an astonishing 1151 per cent since 2016.
- James Weir
- Opinion
- AI
Better late than now: how Apple’s AI could have stayed in longer
It tells you something when even Apple, the company that rose to greatness on the back of lateness, has to come out with a product that isn’t quite ready.
- John Davidson
‘Grandkids won’t learn to drive’: New driverless car push in Australia
Despite the spinning sensors and eerily self-turning steering wheel, self-driving vehicles quickly felt normal in our testing on the streets of San Francisco.
- Nick Bonyhady
Cettire quietly enters China’s rocky luxury goods market
The ASX-listed retail platform had flagged the move this year. But it comes as rivals including Yoox Net-a-Porter focus on “more profitable geographies”.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- AI
Even Apple cannot explain why we need AI in our lives
A souped-up Siri and personalised emojis are coming, but there is little sense that Apple has edited down the possibilities of generative AI to prioritise the truly useful.
- Richard Waters
Why publishers fear Google AI search will kill their websites
News organisations are heading into another battle with tech giants, with growing fears the race to beat each other with AI summaries will result in more content stolen.
- Paul Smith
Tesla shareholders approve Musk’s $72b pay package
The shareholder vote is a major win for the Tesla chief executive as he seeks to reassert control over the company.
- Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis
- Opinion
- AI
Why the growing ‘slop’ on your social feeds is dangerous
Like the other type of slop, AI-assisted search comes together quickly, but not necessarily in a way critical thinkers can stomach.
- Benjamin Hoffman
- Analysis
- AI
OpenAI insiders warn of a ‘reckless’ race for dominance
The campaign comes at a rough moment for the artificial intelligence giant. It is still recovering from an attempted coup last year and faces legal battles with content creators.
- Kevin Roose
Why Apple’s new iPad calculator is causing excitement
From calculators to new payment features to let you split the bills in restaurants, Apple announced updates that will affect iPhones, iPads, Macs and watches.
- John Davidson
Why investors are watching AI’s move to ‘the edge’
This week on The Fin podcast, Paul Smith and John Davidson explain the latest shift in artificial intelligence and talk about what that means for jobs, energy use and investor returns.
