A survey by Google and IPSOS found that almost half of Australians use generative AI, with 75% using it for work purposes. Meanwhile, a Workday HR platform survey revealed that 65% of Australian workers have their employers introducing AI in the workplace. However, some Australians are unknowingly using generative AI to send work emails without realizing the potential risks, costing one individual $2000.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/use-ai-to-write-emails-work-risks-pitfalls/aad554ec-0d8b-49c1-9047-f497e75ce3a2Cybersecurity expert has detailed the OpenAi initiative, a project focused on developing AI-powered tools to improve cybersecurity. The initiative aims to create more secure and efficient systems for protecting against cyber threats.
https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/cybersecurity-expert-details-openai-initiative-trump-oracle-security-tech#The ministry has briefed the Parliamentary Commission on Artificial Intelligence about nine ongoing and planned AI initiatives, including a speech-to-text program that aims to revolutionize court documentation by replacing human courtroom clerks with AI technology capable of transcribing spoken words into text.
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/justice-ministry-embraces-ai-to-modernize-courtroom-operations-207918Debjani Ghosh, a fellow at NITI Aayog and former president of Nasscom, discussed India's AI potential at the Carnegie Global Tech Summit in New Delhi. She highlighted the need for better understanding and agreement on the current state of AI in India, as well as its future direction.
https://www.lokmattimes.com/business/debjani-ghosh-delves-upon-indias-ai-potential-at-carnegie-global-tech-summit/Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Holding's founder, emphasized the importance of developing artificial intelligence (AI) with the aim of understanding and serving humanity, rather than replacing it. During a speech at Alibaba Cloud's campus in Hangzhou, China, Ma stressed that AI should be used to help people live better and more meaningful lives, rather than pursuing ambitious goals like conquering galaxies and oceans.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3306091/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-calls-responsible-ai-amid-its-wide-adoption-across-china?module=scmp_favourites_link&pgtype=404External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that there is no determination about a possible ban on the Chinese AI platform DeepSeek, as per his remarks at the 9th Carnegie Global Tech Summit in New Delhi.
https://www.lokmattimes.com/international/i-dont-think-there-is-any-determination-eam-jaishankar-on-possibility-of-ban-on-deepseek/The tech industry is failing to regulate online content effectively, allowing misinformation to spread and earn creators millions of dollars. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has seen a 55% increase in creator accounts since 2023, with over $20 billion generated from advertising revenues shared between social platforms and content creators in 2024. This incentivizes creators to produce viral posts, even if they are false or AI-generated. Experts say that platforms like Meta should do more to prevent misinformation, while governments and local civil society organizations also have a role to play in tackling the issue.
https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2025/04/11/making-money-out-of-a-disaster-fake-news-in-myanmar-quakeMicrosoft's researchers have found that popular AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI struggle with debugging tasks, even for experienced developers. In contrast, generative AI has a solid use case in programming workflows, as Google claims that around 25% of new code is now AI-generated. Microsoft is open-sourcing their tools to facilitate research on this topic.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-study-claims-ai-is-still-struggling-to-debug-softwareThe Paris-based energy policy advisory group predicts that artificial intelligence will drive a surge in electricity demand from data centres, which could power up to two million households. In response, US President Donald Trump has launched the "National Council for Energy Dominance" to boost electricity production and reduce reliance on coal, which currently accounts for 30% of data centre energy needs. However, this growth is expected to increase carbon emissions linked to electricity consumption from 180 million tonnes to 300 million tonnes by 2035, a relatively small share of the global total of 41.6 billion tonnes estimated in 2024.
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