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  1. 10 January 2024 - Engineering & Technology

    We need to keep Big Tech in check

    A University of Melbourne expert says balanced regulation and better-resourced regulators would work harder to protect Australians from online scams and fraud.

  2. 29 November 2023 - Legal Affairs

    When AI gets it wrong, workers suffer

    AI can be just as discriminatory in the workplace as any human manager and the law needs to catch up to this new reality, says University of Melbourne expert

  3. 8 September 2023 - Engineering & Technology

    The splendour of cybersecurity

    Young people may be cyber savvy but need help with cybersecurity. A free University of Melbourne 'Tune Up' gave hundreds at Splendour in the Grass a tech boost.

  4. 11 November 2022 - Engineering & Technology

    Medibank’s hack tells us privacy laws need to change

    Medibank’s data breach exposes how Australia’s most vulnerable have the most to lose when private information is made public say University of Melbourne experts

  5. 20 July 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    How big data is unlocking insights into psychology

    The personal data we are now all generating is allowing researchers to take psychology out of the lab and into the field, says University of Melbourne expert

  6. 4 July 2022 - Engineering & Technology

    Lawyers must adapt to the age of digitalisation

    Facial recognition technology highlights the need for lawyers to be trained in the legal risks of emerging technologies say University of Melbourne experts.

  7. 16 June 2022 - Legal Affairs

    Is sentience really the debate to have?

    Debate over the alleged sentience of LaMDA continues, but University of Melbourne experts say there are bigger questions about AI’s overall lack of transparency

  8. 23 May 2022 - Legal Affairs

    The AI pretenders

    As artificial intelligence advances, University of Melbourne experts ask whether we should be concerned about robots and virtual bots pretending to be human.

  9. 28 October 2021 - Engineering & Technology

    Surveillance: What is it good for?

    Online monitoring raises serious issues but applying ethics and rights can help make it fair and accountable, say University of Melbourne experts.

  10. 25 October 2021 - Legal Affairs

    Data protection is a mental health issue for young people

    Australia’s leading use of digital technologies in youth mental health services could help inform our Privacy Act review, say University of Melbourne experts.