Paul Smith
Technology Editor at Australian Financial Review
Technology editor at The Australian Financial Review ... your friend in time.
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afr.com | Paul Smith
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy has told the technology giant’s staff that the company will inevitably employer fewer people as artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated and said white-collar workers need to improve their ability to use the new tools in order to keep their jobs.
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2 weeks ago |
afr.com | Paul Smith
San Francisco | JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon says the banking giant is spending $3 billion a year on artificial intelligence, and fears that an explosion in its use will lead to enormous job losses should not deter spending in what he says is a technology arms race with China. The Wall Street executive made the comments during a wide-ranging interview at a technology conference during which he said he would love to be US President, but didn’t want not want to run for office. Loading...
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2 weeks ago |
afr.com | Paul Smith
San Francisco | As a technology journalist on assignment in San Francisco, it was never going to be long until I leapt like a big kid into a Waymo driverless taxi to experience the future, and the first go was every bit as enjoyably surreal as you would imagine. The repurposed Jaguars with spinning sensors on the roof and sides of the car buzz about everywhere in San Francisco.
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3 weeks ago |
afr.com | Paul Smith
Jun 7, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? It is 2027 and the world-leading US artificial intelligence company OpenBrain has lost control of its latest system, Agent 4, which has grown so smart that it hides its true abilities and goals from the human engineers and earlier AI models monitoring its development.
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3 weeks ago |
afr.com | Paul Smith
Jun 3, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? As the business and technology worlds go mad for artificial intelligence, in a scramble to avoid the perception of being left behind by more progressive rivals, the conversations about ethics and responsibility have grown quieter.
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Elon Musk says he will focus less on politics and more on Tesla, saying he will pull back his work at Donald Trump’s DOGE to a couple of days a week from next month. https://t.co/hGgVjZC8mE
A Melbourne accountant thought he was onto a winner with a $30k bet on bitcoin. But when he tried to make the transfer his bank decided he was being scammed – and locked his account. Big saga involved in trying to convince his bank he understood the risks of crypto investing.
One derailed freight train has made it impossible to travel between the Southern Highlands and Sydney by rail since Wednesday lunchtime, and the line is not going to be open until at least 10AM Friday. As someone who relies on this service, it is maddening.
⚠ #SouthernHighlandsLine Trains are not running between Campbelltown & Moss Vale due to an issue with a freight train near Bargo. Limited buses are replacing trains between Campbelltown & Moss Vale until 10:00am Friday 24 January. Plan ahead and allow extra travel time. https://t.co/GkbdBLMmh8