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Mechanism Design for Facility Location using Predictions We study mechanisms for the facility location problem augmented with predictions of the optimal facility location. We demonstrate that an egalitarian viewpoint which considers both the maximum distanc...

IJCAI 25 workshop paper:
Mechanism Design for Facility Location using Predictions
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03818

We need a new ethics for a world of AI agents The deployment of capable AI agents raises fresh questions about safety, human–machine relationships and social coordination.

We don't need new ethics for a world of AI agents, but we do need to address the ethical challenges agents introduce www.nature.com/articles/d41...

LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI The tech giant is sidestepping guardrails that websites use to prevent being scraped, data show, in a move whistleblowers say is unethical and potentially illegal.

LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI
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Professor Toby Walsh's framework for ethical AI One of the world's leading AI experts lays out how to use AI for the public good. It starts with an idea more than 2,000 years old.

A framework for ethical AI www.themandarin.com.au/297019-profe...

Kingston AI Group meets to plan continuing advocacy for Australia Members of the Kingston AI Group met at the University of Queenland’s beautiful St Lucia campus in Brisbane on 24 July 2025, to identify emerging AI impact areas and new engagement strategies as Austr...

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eSafety says YouTube, others 'turning blind eye' to child abuse Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube in particular had ...

eSafety says YouTube, others ‘turning blind eye’ to child abuse www.innovationaus.com/esafety-says...

Scott Farquhar is wrong: Sovereignty demands home-grown AI In his National Press Club address last week, Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council of Australia Chair Scott Farquhar outlined an ambitious future for artificial intelligence in Australia grounded in ...

Scott Farquhar is wrong: Sovereignty demands home-grown AI www.innovationaus.com/scott-farquh...

What’s Your p(Doom)? Michael Hing investigates the probability of AI Doom

This is going to be fun! tickets.beakerstreet.com.au/Events/What-...

The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong?

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Why is Hugging Face hosting tools to make deepfake porn of teenage celebrities? The “ethical” AI company is hosting models designed to make nonconsensual sexual content, despite clear breaches of its policies

Why is Hugging Face hosting tools to make deepfake porn of teenage celebrities?

Hugging face employs "ethicists" who clearly don't care about the real harms hosted on their platform ....
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The pleasure of being edited well ... www.instagram.com/reel/DMwZyCi...

In the US, the future of office work appears to be AI.

Well, they will soon be spending more building housing for AI than for office workers!

Toby Walsh - 'The Shortest History of AI' Join leading AI expert Toby Walsh as he unpacks 'The Shortest History of AI'.

Please join me on Friday for a conversation about AI. libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Eventbrite/T...

Australia shouldn’t fear the AI revolution – new skills can create more and better jobs | Jim Chalmers We cannot simply let AI rip, but nor can we pretend it’s not happening – we can chart a middle course that makes our people beneficiaries, not victims of technological change, writes the federal treas...

Sadly still no ambition to invest more in AI r&d ... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Productivity with Principle: Why Australia Doesn’t Need to Steal IP to Build Sovereign AI During today's National Press Club address, Tech Council of Australia Chair Scott Farquhar called on Australia's Attorney General the Hon Michelle Rowland MP to change copyright regulations. "Australi...

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Meta dishes out $250M to lure 24-year-old AI whiz kid: ‘We have reached the climax of ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ Meta has reportedly paid out more than $1 billion in recent months to build an all-star roster of AI talent.

“When computer scientists are paid like professional athletes, we have reached the climax of the ‘Revenge of the Nerds!'” Professor David Autor, an economist at MIT, told The Post on Friday.
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Margaret Boden obituary Cognitive scientist who explored how consciousness arises from biochemical interactions within the brain

I had the great pleasure to meet Maggie Boden (firstly here in Australia at IJCAI-91). Sad to hear of her death. One of the AI greats, especially for her work on creativity. RIP. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The economics of superintelligence If Silicon Valley’s predictions are even close to being accurate, expect unprecedented upheaval

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6 strikes and you're out ....

30. I’m a defo techno-optimist. But as I embark on some late life studying it’s key to get lots of perspectives and this book from Toby Walsh has provided much food for thought. So much good, so much to be careful about.

And the paragraph on Amazon’s warehouse management blew my tiny mind!

33. Another Toby Walsh book on AI. This one is a watch out for the technology and business in general. Be careful of those who come bearing promises…

Join me unpacking 'The Shortest History of AI' at Willoughby City Library on 11am on Fri 8th Aug. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/toby-walsh...

So You Want to be a Writer Books Podcast · Updated Weekly · Everything you’ve always wanted to know about succeeding in the world of writing and publishing. Learn practical writing techniques, go behind-the-scenes and discover ...

I was recently a guest on the
@WritersCentreAU
podcast where I shared some of the experiences that I had in creating my latest layman’s guide to 'The Shortest History of AI'. To listen, tune in here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...

YouTube video by UNSW The Art and Science of AI | Sydney Writers' Festival 2025

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YouTube video by DW News Fact check: Can fake Auschwitz images distort Holocaust history? | DW News

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Scale AI to Cut 14% of Staff Following Meta Investment (Bloomberg) -- Scale AI is laying off hundreds of employees from its data-labeling business, one month after Meta Platforms Inc. invested $14.3 billion in the startup and hired away its chief executiv...

META invests $14B in Scale AI.

Scale AI cuts 14% of staff one month later.

Looks like a great investment choice from the Zuck ...
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China proposes new global AI cooperation organisation China has said on Saturday that it wants to create an organisation to foster global cooperation on artificial intelligence, positioning itself as an alternative to the US as the two nations vie for in...

China proposes new global AI cooperation organisation www.innovationaus.com/china-propos...

Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI for advice, emotional support and decision-making, according to a new study.

apnews.com/article/ai-c... say they are turning to AI for friendship

Fusion start-up claims it can turn mercury into gold - no magic wand required Announcing plans to make gold out of mercury sounds like something from a medieval wizard’s playbook, but according to San Francisco start-up Marathon...

We're back to the glorious days of alchemy! www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/ne...