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As Australia pushes for sovereign AI, four challenges stand in the way
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (707+ words) As AI forces a fundamental shift in the scale, sensitivity and complexity of data both generated and used, Australian regulators face heightened pressure to ensure legislation evolves at pace with industry. In sectors such as energy and banking, AI is…...
Cloudflare launches superior CAPTCHA alternative
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (391+ words) Cloudflare has announced the launch into general availability of a next-generation signal and behavioural detection system for bot management, to address the growing threat posed by modern bots. The solution, Precursor, runs inside web browsers to monitor entire sessions in…...
AI governance: the next challenge in AI adoption
1+ week, 40+ min ago (596+ words) Artificial intelligence has moved from pilot to priority. ServiceNow’s AI maturity index reveals the impact of this as 79% of those currently using agentic AI have increased gross margin, compared to 59% of those who are not using it. But most organisations…...
Majority of office workers use AI at work despite policies: survey
1+ week, 2+ day ago (429+ words) AI use in the office has now become so widespread that non-technical employees are quickly growing more confident in their AI expertise. In fact, a significant majority of Australian office professionals (75%) believe they understand how to use AI for their…...
Critical vulnerabilities doubled in past year: report
1+ week, 2+ day ago (237+ words) IT security teams are being stretched thin by the volume of critical vulnerabilities, new research released by Check Point Software Technologies suggests. Besides vulnerabilities, phishing websites grew from just 1% to 10.5% of critical exposures, making this one of the fastest-growing exposure…...
Wasabi launches cloud storage emissions trading tool
1+ week, 6+ day ago (304+ words) Cloud storage company Wasabi Technologies has announced a sustainability initiative designed to help its partners measure and address the carbon emissions associated with their customers’ cloud storage usage. Wasabi Impact Circle is designed to enable partners and managed service providers…...
BeyondTrust launches beta solution for taming AI agents
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (370+ words) BeyondTrust has announced the launch into beta of AI Agent Security, which is designed to extend endpoint security to AI coworkers and autonomous agents. The beta module for the BeyondTrust Pathfinder platform enforces the activities AI and autonomous agents are…...
The multi-agent network juggling act: how to avoid it becoming a circus
2+ week, 2+ day ago (132+ words) As organisations expand AI deployments from single-agent experiments to multi-agent networks, new risks emerge that could turn the best of intentions into a three-ring circus....
Firmus partners with NVIDIA on Indonesian AI 'factory"
2+ week, 3+ day ago (326+ words) Australian neocloud Firmus Technologies has partnered with NVIDIA in a deal to procure up to 170,000 AI GPUs from 2027 to 2028 to sell cloud services to AI-native customers. The agreement will be anchored by the deployment of a dedicated 360 MW NVIDIA AI…...
Commvault to offer cyber resilience solutions on Azure
2+ week, 6+ day ago (19+ words) Commvault has announced a partnership with Microsoft involving offering AI and cyber resilience solutions on the Azure cloud platform....