Supermarket facial recognition trials sharpen the debate over safety and privacy
Coles and Woolworths have launched facial recognition trials in a bid to curb rising retail crime. An RMIT expert explains the move is sharpening the debate over how retailers balance protecting staff and shoppers with safeguarding consumer privacy.
Q-Day is coming, and we need to be prepared
Governments and technology companies are preparing for Q-Day – the future point at which a powerful quantum computer can break the encryption systems that secure much of today's internet and digital communications - by moving toward post-quantum cryptography. An RMIT expert explains the urgency for Australia to prepare for this inevitability.
How the US and China are building different AI systems
The global discourse surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) frames the US and China as fierce rivals racing toward the same technological goal, but the reality is more nuanced. An RMIT expert explains.
Anthropic’s Claude hacks outside companies
Anthropic has revealed that its AI model Claude has “gained unauthorised access” to three organisation systems during testing. This week OpenAI also disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by rogue ChatGPT agents that gained access to four organisation systems. An RMIT expert unpacks these events.
