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1 month ago | 
cbc.ca | Rosa Marchitelli |Greg Sadler |Dexter McMillan
MarketplaceMarketplace investigates the murky world of home heating deals to reveal how consumers who sign up for savings are getting surprises instead, locked into onerous loans that come with broken promises of rebates, energy savings and free service — as calls grow for better consumer protection.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
openforum.com.au | Greg Sadler
Open-source AI models are on track to disrupt the cyber security paradigm. With the proliferation of such models—those whose parameters are freely accessible—sophisticated cyber operations will become available to a broader pool of hostile actors. AI insiders and Australian policymakers have a starkly different sense of urgency around advancing AI capabilities.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Greg Sadler
BIOTERRORISMAI, Bioterrorism and the Urgent Need for Australian ActionPublished 27 November 2024Experts worry that, within a few years, AI will put that capability into the hands of tens of thousands of people. Without a new approach to regulation, the risk of bioterrorism and lab leaks will soar. Today, you’d have to be a top-notch scientist to create a pathogen. Experts worry that, within a few years, AI will put that capability into the hands of tens of thousands of people.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
msn.com | Greg Sadler
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Greg Sadler |Jenny Cowley
Marketplace·NewA father finds his son's tragic story being used to sell a bogus product that claims to remove everything from pesticides to bacteria, including E.coli, from your food. We put that device to the test and discover not only is the product we bought no better than tap water — it's outright dangerous.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Greg Sadler
Today, you’d have to be a top-notch scientist to create a pathogen. Experts worry that, within a few years, AI will put that capability into the hands of tens of thousands of people. Without a new approach to regulation, the risk of bioterrorism and lab leaks will soar. The US acted a year ago to reduce that risk. With the return of President Trump and his commitment to repeal important executive orders, it’s time for Australia to take action.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
canadianinquirer.net | Jenny Cowley |Greg Sadler |Asha Tomlinson
By Jenny Cowley, Greg Sadler, Asha Tomlinson, CBC News, RCIMemo reveals bribes, forged documents at Ontario’s DriveTest centresThe system for testing truck drivers in Ontario has been compromised by bribes, forged documents and rigged testing, says a memo leaked to CBC’s Marketplace by an industry insider. A subsequent hidden camera investigation by Marketplace reveals that the training students get ahead of that test can be just as problematic.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Jenny Cowley |Greg Sadler
The system for testing truck drivers in Ontario has been compromised by bribes, forged documents and rigged testing, says a memo leaked to CBC's Marketplace by an industry insider. A subsequent hidden camera investigation by Marketplace reveals that the training students get ahead of that test can be just as problematic.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Katie Pedersen |Greg Sadler |David Common |Katie Swyers
A man who targeted Canadians for cryptocurrency investment scams is speaking out after escaping the Cambodian compound where he was forced to do it. In an exclusive interview with CBC's Marketplace, the Malaysian man says he became a victim of human trafficking after he answered a post on a Facebook group advertising a customer service job with a Cambodian casino.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Rumtin Sepasspour |Greg Sadler
The 2024 independent review of Australia’s national intelligence community has kicked off. It will focus on the 10 agencies that comprise the NIC and comes at a time of increasing complexity and uncertainty in Australia’s strategic environment. Among the review’s terms of reference is a direction to consider the NIC’s ‘preparedness in the event of regional crisis and conflict’ and whether the NIC is positioned effectively to respond to the evolving security environment.
