China has rapidly closed the AI gap with the US, developing open-source models like Kimi K3 that rival top US systems at lower cost. This advance has prompted US threats of sanctions and bans over alleged IP theft, while China dismisses the claims as "technological bullying."
A new era of content discovery, AI Optimization (AIO), is emerging as AI models like ChatGPT and Perplexity become primary search tools. This shift requires content creators to optimize for AI-generated responses, distinct from traditional SEO, to capture growing organic traffic.
Victoria's Premier Jacinta Allan announced new social media reforms, including powers for Vcat to unmask anonymous accounts accused of vilification and a lower legal threshold for families to sue platforms for psychiatric harm to children. The opposition is skeptical about the laws passing before the state election.
A new academic study found that generative AI platforms provide financial advice that can be inaccurate, demographically biased, and vary significantly between programs. Researchers examined seven free-access AI tools, noting that while they may sound confident, their outputs can be incomplete or misleading, raising concerns about consistency and fairness.
OpenAI's ChatGPT has fallen below a 50% market share in AI assistants for the first time, now holding 46.4% as of May 2026. Google's Gemini is its closest rival with 27.7%, followed by Anthropic's Claude at 10.3%.
Former police constable Christi Hill fled her home after being falsely accused online of arresting dying victim Henry Nowak. AI platforms like Grok and social media spread the misinformation, despite Hill leaving the force 20 months prior to the incident.
A former police officer has been forced to flee her home after being falsely accused online of involvement in the Henry Nowak murder. AI platforms like Grok and social media have spread the misinformation, leading to threats against her and another officer.
The Electoral Commission urges new legal controls on AI chatbots after a Demos study found they provided misinformation to 34% of questions during the Scottish election. The study also revealed that 20% of voters used AI for election information, and AI tools invented scandals and provided wrong dates.
Reform UK is ‘doing something right when it comes to visibility’ on multiple AI systems, say researchersAI platforms are more likely to reference Nigel Farage than any other UK leader when prompted about British politics, according to an AI search analytics firm.“We are confident in saying that Reform are showing up significantly more than you would expect,” said Malte Landwehr, an expert at Peec AI, the firm that did the research. “So they’re doing something right when it comes to LLM [large language model] visibility.” Continue reading...
DeepSeek is touting its ultra-low charges for models unveiled last week, stoking price competition as China challenges the United States in artificial intelligence (AI). Developers are being offered 75 per cent discounts on the newly released DeepSeek V4 Pro. Fees for input cache hits across the Hangzhou-based company’s AI platforms have also been slashed to 10 per cent of the original price. That provides a cost saving for users who frequently make similar or repeat requests. The V4 Pro and the...
