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Australians back AI rules as trust gap remains wide

Australians back AI oversight as 85% favour government rules, while just 1% say they fully trust the technology, survey finds.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Digital Transformation

Teads renews Nine digital ad partnership for three years

Teads extends its Australian ad deal with Nine for three years, keeping formats across major titles and the 9News app in premium digital environments.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 5 days ago

Customer Experience

Millennials trust AI more than Gen Z, survey finds

Australian Millennials trust and use AI more than Gen Z, a survey of 1,200 people found, with visible sources boosting confidence.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 6 days ago

Generative AI

Queensland study finds ideological bias in AI moderation

Queensland researchers find large language models can show partisan bias in hate-speech moderation, despite similar overall accuracy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Marketing Technologies

Australians demand AI labelling as trust concerns grow

Australians back tighter AI rules and clear labelling, with new data showing deep scepticism over synthetic content, misinformation and news use.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Young Australians back under-16 social media curbs

Survey finds 47% of young Australians back under-16 social media limits, but most fear losing news, learning and friendship online.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Misinformation stories

Data Protection

eYou opens public app as users distrust social media

eYou launches worldwide app as survey finds 97% of users say social platforms fail to prioritise truth or accuracy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Cloud Security

DigiCert launches AI trust tools for agents & content

DigiCert adds cryptographic verification for AI agents, models and content to its platform, with content authenticity available now and two previews live.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Cloud Security

DigiCert launches content trust manager for AI media

DigiCert launches Content Trust Manager to help organisations verify AI-era images and video with C2PA-backed cryptographic credentials.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Firewalls

AI is biggest cyber threat to CISOs, NCC Group warns

Artificial intelligence heightens cyber risk for chief information security officers as ransomware attacks rise 22% in March, NCC Group says.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

LangWatch launches open-source tool for AI red-teaming

LangWatch releases open-source AI red-teaming framework to expose hidden vulnerabilities in production agents through multi-turn attack simulations.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Testlio launches AI chatbot testing service amid scrutiny

Testlio rolls out human-led AI chatbot testing as brands face pressure to prove safety, accuracy and trust before customer use.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Misinformation stories

Data Protection

Europe firms in dark over AI cyberattacks, ISACA finds

European organisations struggle to tell if AI-powered cyberattacks have struck, as weak governance and training lag behind fast-moving threats.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Data Protection

Singapore consumers adopt autonomous AI despite trust fears

Singapore consumers are embracing autonomous AI for shopping, banking and services, even as EY finds deep worries over hacking, privacy and accountability.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • 5 days ago

Data Protection

Mistral AI deepens Singapore push with HTX & Singtel

Mistral AI expands its Singapore footprint with HTX and partners, targeting secure AI deployments in public safety, healthcare, finance and defence.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 6 days ago

Space Technologies

Jimmy Wales to headline DataFest 2026 in Edinburgh

DataFest 2026 in Edinburgh will hear from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and ex-Google, Meta and SpaceX executive Dex Hunter-Torricke on AI trust and leadership.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

PlatformAlt5 launches F-E-A-T to tackle AI trust fears

PlatformAlt5 and Cloud202 have rolled out a scoring system in BriefBrain that ranks AI-assisted content for credibility, transparency and source quality.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month