Innovation

An ‘orchestrator’ or ‘fixer’ of AI owns a company’s internal AI operating layer – deciding where AI should live, how it should be used, writes Annie Liao.

SXSW Sydney, the Australian extension of the iconic tech, music and film conference born out of Austin, Texas, will not return for 2026.

Y Combinator is leading the round, backed by Australia’s NextGen Ventures, Antler and Meat & Livestock Australia, as GrazeMate expands from Queensland and NSW into California.

The British communications agency said it “urgently made contact with X” to determine its compliance with the country’s Online Safety Act over sexual imagery, and a ban is on the table

Sleep apnea affects as many as 80 million in the U.S. Now Apnimed, the $400 million company behind the first ever pill to treat it, is preparing to file for FDA approval.

Advancements in machine learning and other technologies have helped Seeing Machines develop new safety solutions for drivers, including intoxication detection, 3D cabin perception mapping, and a new rear-view mirror solution.

Depending on who you ask, 2024 was the year of chatbots, then 2025 was the year of agents. 

From Trump frenemyship, the DOGE debacle, unmet self-driving car promises, chainsaws and “Mechahitler” to a $1 trillion pay deal, 2025 was the billionaire’s most chaotic and lucrative year.

OpenAI wanted GPT-5 to be less warm and agreeable than its predecessor. Some neurodivergent people struggled with the change, showing the tricky balance AI companies must strike when releasing new models.

We’re obsessed with perception—how AI makes us look and what it signals to the market, writes work futurist Dominic Price. What we need is perspective and a sense of how AI actually changes value.