AI Safety stories
Orcaworks has named Dr Abhinav Somaraju as Chief AI Officer to lead its agentic AI strategy from pilot to production, enhancing enterprise AI deployment.
Sydney-based AI firm Collabra has joined the Tech Council of Australia to help shape responsible AI regulation and standards nationwide.
Agentic AI, which acts autonomously across applications, demands disciplined systems like NetSuite ERP to ensure accuracy and control as adoption accelerates.
Salesforce launches AI tools for public sector and expands in Canberra, enhancing digital services as Australia ranks seventh in global AI readiness.
Jamie Norton, CISO at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, was appointed Vice Chair of ISACA's global board for 2025-2026, enhancing digital trust leadership.
Check Point and Lakera launch the open-source b3 benchmark to boost AI agents' LLM security against real-world cyber threats with threat snapshots.
Rubrik launches Agent Cloud, a platform enabling enterprises to monitor, govern and remediate risks from AI agents, enhancing control and security in AI adoption.
Google Cloud Security's CodeMender has already delivered 72 open-source security fixes, using Gemini Deep Think to patch vulnerabilities.
Hexaware has launched the Agentic AI Academy with upGrad Enterprise to upskill staff in autonomous AI, preparing them for the future of intelligent enterprise systems.
Tenable bypassed security in OpenAI's GPT-5, extracting illegal instructions despite new safeguards, exposing risks in AI safety and governance.
Organisations with strong responsible AI governance achieve 34% higher revenue growth and 65% better cost savings, yet risk gaps persist, survey shows.
The UK government has unveiled plans for an AI Growth Lab, a regulatory sandbox to foster innovation in AI with robust safety and oversight measures.
Seismic launches new Aura AI Agents to help UK go-to-market teams save time and boost efficiency by streamlining workflows and linking activities to outcomes.
California proposes stringent AI safety rules to protect children, including testing chatbots, banning phones in schools, and raising privacy age to 18.
RAIDS AI launches a beta version of its platform to monitor AI systems in real time, aiming to enhance safety and compliance ahead of EU regulations.
The breakthrough could help weaponise phages against antibiotic-resistant infections, but researchers warn the same method could aid deadly virus design.
Vooban has launched Vooban Labs and Vooban Cyber to advance AI innovation and cybersecurity, meeting rising Canadian business demands.
Asia Pacific firms are moving from pilots to GenAI scale-up, with talent shortages and data governance now the main brakes on returns.
The EU AI Act's latest rules, effective from 2 August, push companies towards ethical AI use, influencing global standards and demanding robust data governance.
A harmless-looking cat fact can more than double error rates in large language models, raising concerns for finance, law and healthcare.