AI Safety stories
AI-first firms in Southeast Asia suffer longer, costlier cyber incidents as rising AI use widens attack surfaces and fuels scraping costs.
Indonesia rolls out Sahabat-AI app, giving users nationwide access to a home-grown, culturally tuned large language model on mobile.
Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.
ABBYY adds 22 patents to its document AI arsenal, pitching 'purpose-built' tech for safer enterprise use as generative AI uptake accelerates.
Maisa's auditable AI “digital workers” drive 400% annual growth and fivefold client surge as enterprises demand accountable automation.
TELUS Digital warns that common AI persona prompts can quietly reshape models' moral judgements, undermining consistency in high‑risk use.
Security bosses worldwide are stalling agentic AI roll-outs, citing severe cyber risks and weak identity and access controls.
AI has overtaken all other threats as the top global data security risk, with firms warning its rapid spread magnifies existing vulnerabilities.
Red Hat launches AI Enterprise and AI 3.3, deepening its Nvidia tie-up to target production-grade, hybrid cloud agentic AI at scale.
CompTIA unveils AI Help Desk Essentials course to train frontline IT support teams in safe, effective use of generative AI chatbots.
Red Hat launches AI Enterprise “metal-to-agent” platform and AI 3.3 update to standardise governed AI operations across hybrid clouds.
VAST Data unveils PolicyEngine and TuningEngine to tighten AI agent governance and continuously fine-tune models for safer deployments.
KnowBe4 boosts APJ cyber sales leadership with four senior hires to drive human and AI risk management growth across the region.
Concentric AI appoints Sektor as preferred distributor to drive AI and data security governance expansion across Australia and New Zealand.
Australia strikes five-year Microsoft cloud and AI pact, promising savings, tighter data safeguards and a training fund for public servants.
Cybermate launches an AI “safety companion” to give Australian SMEs and community groups real-time guidance on risky cyber decisions.
AI-powered cyberattacks are rising sharply, leaving Canadian businesses exposed as legacy systems meet rapid AI adoption and automated threats.
Energy boards warned AI ambitions are racing ahead of software quality and security, leaving critical grids exposed and oversight lagging.
Magentus has become the first to sign Australia's new voluntary AI health software code, setting a benchmark for responsible deployment.
Australian firms warn generative AI is fuelling unprecedented fraud losses, as most say their defences and tools can no longer keep pace.