Byte Into IT

Jo & Vanessa discuss NBN Co to refine its prices with small business providers in mind, Mediback Cops strict operating conditions from insurance regulator over cyber-attack, Google adjusts privacy policy, Adobe’s $20 Billion takeover of Figma Faces EU Merger, Twitter Update & Lawsuits, China restricting of Chip making Metals, EU & Japan look to partner on AI & Interview with Professor Priya Rajagopalan to discuss Post-Carbon Infrastructure & Built Environment Research Centre.

Hosts Lilly Ryan, Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon are joined by Swinburne University postdoctoral researcher Sam Pinches and Bachelor of Mechatronics student Rohan Ford to discuss launching student hardware into space. The team talk Twitter and hate speech, plus Snapchat’s research into Aussie nicknames and its new AR lenses – and what the whole bit says about our culture.

Hosts Vanessa and Dan Mulganti are joined by UNSW solar expert Dr Richard Corkish, who unpacks Australia’s solar panel waste problem and makes the case for bespoke tech solutions to keep old panels out of landfill. Plus, the team discusses the Telstra–OneWeb satellite rollout, and Meta’s plans to rival Twitter.

Hosts Rowena Murray and Jo Eaton are joined by Adrian Dyer to chat about Cherry blossoms, climate change. social media and AI. Afterwards. Michelle Chen calls in to talk about Mini Melbourne, the Minecraft version of Melbourne CBD, which us being used to teach people about the Metro Tunnel Project.

Hosts Dan Mulganti and Lilly Ryan are joined by Natalie Thompson, a Senior Policy Officer from Australia’s ‘Electric Vehicle Council’. Together they explore Australia’s recently published National Electric Vehicle Strategy and how its objectives in reducing emissions and increasing EV affordability can be met. Afterward, Shannon Roe, a specialist in tech consulting and management, drops by the studio to discuss the growing tech redundancies occurring in Australia.

Hosts Vanessa Toholka & Jo Eaton are joined by Dr. Linda McIver, executive director of the Australian Data Science Education Studio. Together they discuss ‘AI the Next Generation’, a forum event held by Museums Victoria, and explore the growing moral panic surrounding advancements in AI. Later, Dr. Dimitrios Salampasis, a senior lecturer of FinTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Swinburne University, helps dissect the latest AAC Scam Report and looks at why we are more vulnerable than ever to elaborate consumer scams.

Professor Geoff Webb from Monash University’s ‘Department of Data Science & AI’ joins hosts Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon to discuss the world’s first defamation lawsuit against ‘Chat GPT’, emerging from a local council in Hepburn Shire. They explore the implications of trying to sue the chatbot and how the legal case may pan out. Afterwards, Vanessa talks about her recent trip to ‘South by Southwest’, a film, interactive media, and music festival in Austin, Texas.

Hosts Ro Murray, Dan Morganti and Lily Ryan speak with RMIT's Dr Lina Wang on the university's recent report, Gender Dimensions of the Australian Cyber Security Sector, and some of the approaches in addressing the current gender disparity.
Dr Robert Walton also joins the team to discuss The Heart, a 10 metre brass and LED heart artwork in the foyer of Melbourne Connect, driven by AI algorithms that beats to the pulse of the building.

Plus all the latest local and global tech news.

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Our hosts Dan Morganti and Ro Murray speak with Professor Robert Sparrow from Monash Data Futures Institute about his recent paper, Mintoaurs, Not Centaurs -The Future of Manned-Unmanned Teaming, which looks at the ethics of AI in warfare and military robotics and where humans sit in the hierarchy of decision making.
Also, game creator Richard Hofmeier joins the hosts to discuss his greyscale pixel art game about running food carts, Cart Life, first released to critical acclaim in 2013, being picked up and re-released in partnership with AdHoc Studio.

Plus the latest tech news from Australia and around the world.

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Hosts Lily Ryan and Dan Salmon hear from Faculty Lead of UNSW Business School and UNSW Institute of Cyber Security, Dr Rob Nicholls, on preventing and limiting the impact of data breaches.
Also, Dr Milovan Savic, Research Fellow at Swinburne Uni, discusses possible US & AU government plans to ban TikTok.

Plus the latest tech news from Australia and around the world.
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