The key AI moments that defined 2025
Depending on who you ask, 2024 was the year of chatbots, then 2025 was the year of agents.
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LinkedIn reveals the 15 fastest-growing jobs in Australia
The social network platform for corporates has unveiled its hot-list of jobs rising in 2026, with technical and strategic AI roles unsurprisingly topping the list.
Character.ai and Google will settle lawsuits over teen suicides
Documents made public on Tuesday and Wednesday did not provide any further details on a “mediated settlement” between parents and the companies.
Four cofounders of popular AI coding tool Cursor are now billionaires
The startup nabbed a $29.3 billion valuation in a $2.3 billion funding round Thursday, minting its four 20-something founders as billionaires.
AI is running out of data. So, who benefits next?
Australia is running out of the human data that powers AI, and companies are already building systems to monetise the behavioural signals that remain. The risk is simple: institutions capture the value while consumers and the country miss out, writes Cam Partridge.
What AI is doing to our brains: Smarter, dumber or just evolving?
A 2025 MIT study found that using generative AI boosts productivity but reduces memory and cognitive engagement, with brain connectivity dropping by up to 55%. Yet, Nature Neuroscience research shows mindful use can enhance cognitive flexibility.
Napster said it raised $3 billion from a mystery investor. Now the ‘investor’ and ‘money’ are gone
Forbes raised questions about a massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm Napster supposedly raised in January. The money is never coming, the company said Thursday.
The Australian influencer couple seeking 7-figure cheque to turn AI ‘pink’
High-school-sweethearts-turned-startup-founders Scarlett Frazer and Iestyn Thomas are headed to Silicon Valley to raise funds in a bid to prove the future of AI is feminine.
This startup is racing Duolingo to replace human language tutors with AI
Founded by former Thiel fellows, AI language tutoring app Speak started its journey in Seoul, South Korea. But as it enters the U.S. market, it’ll have to compete with better-known rivals like Duolingo.
The golden rule driving Nick Mowbray’s multibillion-dollar Zuru empire
Nick Mowbray still describes ZURU’s early years in three words: eat, survive, repeat.