Farmers around Australia are jumping on the AI bandwagon to boost production outputs and become more efficient. Experts say the technology has the potential to transform how we produce food and fibres.
Fear killer robots? This expert believes you should be more worried about what AI is doing to your mind
While artificial intelligence promises to make life easier, the technology is already affecting our mental health and understanding of reality, warns one neuroscientist.
Photo shows Cyborg girlRyan was building the fastest racing drones in the world. And then the military called
A small community of hobby drone racers, chasing a need for speed, unintentionally made a "terrifyingly powerful" weapon that has changed the world.
Photo shows Ryan Gury at a drone racing event'It's not going to stop': Fears around irresponsible AI developments have brought the US, China to the table
Superpowers to discuss a framework for automated weapons and artificial intelligence.
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Photo shows A colourful illustrations shows the neon paths of computer circuits arranged to resemble an illuminated human brain.AI killed Leanne's copywriting business. Now she earns a living teaching how to use ChatGPT
Freelance copywriting is one of the professions most exposed to the new artificial intelligence tools. Here's how copywriters are adapting — and what this says about the future of work.
Photo shows Leanne SheltonThe weirdest new gadgets and biggest trends from the world's largest tech show
The biggest tech expo of the year features some bold new ideas, and showcases some of the new gadgets the industry has its sights on.
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Photo shows A man holds onto the seat of a smart toilet with one hand and gestures with the other as he speaks to people at a tech showRemote-controlled robot performs ultrasounds on rural patients
Patients in the Queensland outback are being treated by a robotic arm operated by health workers in Brisbane.
Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 8 seconds.A new era in medicine: Robots scan the hearts of patients in outback Queensland
In a world-first, sonographers can now assess the health of patients thousands of kilometres away. The technology has saved the equivalent of almost a dozen full trips around the world in distance travelled.
Photo shows A robot scans a patient's heardAustralian space rover name revealed
The new Australian space rover 'Roo-ver' will fly to the moon later this decade to collect space soil, known as regolith.
Has Video Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds.Everyone is talking about ChatGPT right now. So why does the man who helped invent it think he's failed?
As big tech invests billions in a race to control "the most powerful technology in the world", some of AI's inventors fear the future they've helped create.
Photo shows Deep learning expert and tech entrepreneur Jeremy HowardWeeding robot
A FarmDroid robot from Denmark demonstrates how it mechanically removes weeds. The machine is being used by a Gatton vegetable farmer to reduce chemical use.
Has Video Duration: 20 seconds.Broken dreams, bad predictions and big tech: Five things to know about AI
For the last few months, there's one question that I've been asked countless times: What do you think of AI? Here's what I've learned over months interviewing the top AI experts, writes James Purtill.
Photo shows Illustration showing a big robotic armStudent makes robotic guide dog
A Queensland University student with vision impairment says robotic assistance animals are our future and he wants to become the first person in the world to make it happen.
Has Video Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds.Robot guide dogs open world of possibility to those with vision impairment
A headless, tailless robot dog called Spot has the potential to make a big difference for people across the world with vision impairment, thanks to Queensland researchers.
Photo shows a robot dog lying down on a box'The most shocking thing I've ever seen': How one move in an ancient board game changed our view of AI
A board game contest between human and machine in 2016 marked the birth of modern AI. This is the moment the world changed forever.
Photo shows Lee Sedol during the Google DeepMind challenge matchAn AI experiment named after an Alfred Hitchcock psycho started as a joke. It turned into a warning
Five years after researchers created a psychopathic algorithm to demonstrate bias and discrimination in artificial intelligence, we're still learning its lessons.
Photo shows An illustrated image of Norman Bates with half his face as an android'Where are all the Christmas beetles?': The far-reaching effects of insect extinction
As insect populations decline, researchers and start-ups are looking to tech as a solution. But some fear it may create more harm.
Photo shows A brightly metallic coloured beetle on the back of a white handWhy 'Alfie' the crop-spraying robot is the answer to this farm's most tedious job
With a few beeps and a slight rev of the engine, Alfie, the autonomous sprayer, sets off to work. He may be the best new recruit on this farm.
Photo shows An older and young man stand next to tractor-looking robot in a paddock with stubble, blue skies.The Victorian regional hospital that is using robots in surgeries
Attracting doctors to regional Australia is a constant battle, but it's hoped a futuristic surgical robot installed at Ballarat Base Hospital will entice Australia’s best surgeons to the city.
Has Video Duration: 2 minutes .Ballarat surgery robot
Ballarat Base Hospital is one of four public hospitals in Victoria to have a world-class surgery robot.
Has Video Duration: 45 seconds.Mango-picking robot snaps up $1 million in venture capital
A robot designed to pick mangoes and hopefully ease worker shortage issues, expected to "create ripples through the supply chain", has landed $1 million in venture capital.
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