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Rae Johnston

Australia

Wiradyuri 🖤💛❤️ & Greek STEM Journalist 🎙️@weirdtechmedia 📺 Going Places (NITV) Back Roads (ABC) The Secret DNA of Us (SBS) @unicefaustralia Ambassador

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  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Rae Johnston |Bec Cushway

    Have you ever been in a job interview and thought, 'this meeting could have been an interaction with an AI agent'? No? Well, two-thirds of Australian employers are now using artificial intelligence agents to conduct job interviews on their behalf. What kind of bias does a computer have when deciding on the right candidate? And could it be less objective than a human? Also, people are hacking their digital driver's licences and Grindr is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Rae Johnston |Bec Cushway

    For the generation that remembers creepypastas like Slenderman and Jeff the Killer, Ben Drowned might be a familiar internet ghost story. But where did it even come from? And would we be convinced by something like this in 2025? Also, Epic Games and Apple's never-ending beef continues, and Discord is planning on expanding its reach beyond gamers. Will this work? Plus, one in five young people think that tracking your partner is to be expected. How did we get here?

  • 3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Rae Johnston |Bec Cushway

    Airbnb is in the midst of a potential mid-life crisis. It's set to relaunch itself as the 'everything app', but is this going to be enough to save an app that has to compete with room service and housekeeping? Also, Google has announced it's plans for digital ID age verification, and there might be big problems when it comes to implementing it in Australia. Plus, gaming social media platform, Discord, is planning to roll out facial recognition. Is this a good idea?

  • 4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Rae Johnston |Bec Cushway

    Move over Danny Ocean, there's a new heist in town, to the tune of a quarter billion US dollars in cryptocurrency. The tale features a kidnapping, pink Lamborghinis, Minecraft money laundering, and a very swift arrest. Also, who funds the (extremely) expensive chatbots we all use? OpenAI has changed its mind after announcing an end to the non-profit arm to the business, they're now saying that the non-profit arm will retain control of firm. Why? How?

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rae Johnston |Bec Cushway

    The complex and highly distressing work of content moderation is causing PTSD for Ghanian workers, and now they're suing one of the biggest tech companies in the world for psychological harm. Could AI step in to relieve some of this load? Or is this work too human to ever pass on to a computer? Also, we're checking in on what's going on with the teen social media ban.

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8 Nov 24

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