Artificial Intelligence (AI) Archives

Issue #2199

Xi speaks on AI development

Chinese President Xi Jinping has presented four observations on artificial intelligence (AI) development and governance while addressing the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI...

Issue #2107

LETTERS

Dear Editor, I regret to say my letter is of a very negative tone, but I think it’s justifiable in the light of my extremely...

Issue #2166

The AI con: How to fight big tech’s hype and create the future we want

This September, Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI, claimed “a kid born today will never be smarter than AI ever.” A couple of days...

Issue #2130

Capitalism, AI, and class

The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the face of the world. Like all transformations and ‘revolutions’ in society that capitalism has wrought, AI...

Issue #2192

OP-ED: Anthropic are not the good guys

Is there an ethical way to do AI? People looking for one might prefer a company that won’t work with the US government’s ‘Department of...

Issue #2187

Elon Musk undoing Tesla benefits with AI power plants

If you’re still using the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, now called X, you probably know that there’s an AI service attached, called...

Issue #2186

African Intelligence: The hidden exploitation behind AI

AI tools and platforms are often touted as bringers of automation. Companies discussing AI focus the conversation on digital elements such as machine learning, data...

Issue #2140

GLOBAL BRIEFS

FRANCE: A Paris court has sentenced right-wing politician Marine Le Pen to a four-year jail term for embezzlement, half of which is without parole. Le...

Issue #2180

GLOBAL BRIEFS

UN: United Nations experts on human rights issued a joint statement on 12 February condemning the Executive Order signed by US President Trump on 29...

Issue #2199

GLOBAL BRIEFS

CHINA: Twenty-nine countries have signed an agreement in Shanghai on establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO). The organisation will be an independent international...

Issue #2105

GLOBAL BRIEFS

KENYA: Biden promised to designate Kenya as the USA’s first “major non-NATO ally” in sub-Saharan Africa as Kenyan President William Ruto arrived in Washington for...

Issue #2176

AI Blackface: an exercise in cannibalistic colonialism

Keagan John Mason, a South African online content creator based in New Zealand, has created channels across Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram using an AI-generated caricature...

Issue #2176

Australia’s AI plan: the digital enclosure

The original enclosures happened when rich landowners in Britain ‘enclosed’ and made private land that had been available for common use, thus making ordinary people...

Issue #2190

Atlas of AI

This is a book warning us that artificial intelligence, like all the other capitalist innovations in the past, is not for the benefit of humanity,...

Issue #2160

GREEN NOTES

The UN Environment Program (UNEP) warns of a growing and serious impact on climate. That is the rapid, unregulated expansion of AI data centres including...

Issue #2179

PEACE NOTES

High probability of failure (AUKUS) Comments from retired rear admiral Philip Mathias, a former director of nuclear policy with the UK Ministry of Defence, have...

Issue #2200

AI and your job

As a worker are you worried about “AI” taking your job? Or are you worried about your boss drastically reducing your work hours after you...

Issue #2192

AI is coming for your job, and the budget is paying

The latest federal budget has a clear message for Australian workers: your labour is disposable, but tech billionaires are essential. While the Treasurer found nothing...

Issue #2199

A Marxist reading of ‘Digital Fordism’

‘Fordism’ refers to the assembly lines developed by Ford, in which each worker performed just one simple task over and over again. Factory and warehouse...

Issue #2166

AI and automation

The social debates around Artificial Intelligence (AI) are raging on around us daily. Different forms of AI are regularly appearing in our daily lives. Some...

Issue #2169

DINGO

Did you ever write to an MP or a Senator and get an oily answer back very quickly? If so, you’ll be aware that these...

Issue #2144

GREEN NOTES

Energy-hungry data centres are among the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The energy sector is at the heart of one of the most...

Issue #2166

GREEN NOTES

AI data centres in the United States are expanding at an unprecedented rate, powering everything from ChatGPT to autonomous vehicles. Most of the world’s 8,000...

Celebrations to welcome in the Chinese Lunar New Year, 25 January Boorloo/Perth. Consul General Long Dingbin with Vinnie Molina.

Issue #2140

Four keywords on China-WA relations

In March 2025, significant events unfolded in both China and WA. In the Northern Hemisphere spring, China’s Two Sessions concluded successfully, sounding a clarion call...

Issue #2160

DINGO

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) has welcomed the acknowledgment by technology companies of the rights of Australia’s media and creative workforce and willingness...

Issue #2198

DINGO

The federal government is being urged to respond to a feasibility study on options to limit unhealthy food marketing, as new Australian Institute of Health...

Issue #2194

Data centre boom risks 26% jump in power prices

Data centre boom risks 26% jump in power prices A surge in Australian data centre construction driven by AI risks pushing up power bills and...

Issue #2186

DINGO

The Health Services Union (HSU) is calling on governments and employers to deliver immediate, targeted relief for health, aged care and disability workers during Australia’s...

Issue #2167

AI ‘slop’ on top of pain

Consulting firm Deloitte has been in the news because of a report they completed for $440,000 on the ‘targeted compliance framework.’ That’s the system the...

Issue #2187

WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!

FIGHT GENOCIDE, WAR, AND EXPLOITATION May Day was born in struggle, forged in the fight for the eight-hour day and won through the sacrifice of...

Issue #2171

DINGO

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has welcomed new Australian content requirements for major streaming services, describing the announcement as a vital lifeline for...

Issue #2201

Qantas AI job cuts

The Australian Services Union (ASU) says that in briefing calls on news reports Qantas claims that there are no plans for jobs to be lost...

Issue #2163

Banks slash jobs

The Finance Sector Union (FSU) says NAB’s decision to cut 410 jobs just a day after ANZ axed 3,500 proves banks are moving in lockstep...

Issue #2191

Automation is a class issue

Warren Smith Deputy national secretary Maritime Union of Australia, MUA Dear comrade, The Communist Party of Australia stands in solidarity with the Maritime Union of...

Issue #2199

Doubts over Albo’s AI jobs boom

Prime Minister Albanese has made a major speech about AI. The speech has been welcomed by the lobby group Data Centres Australia, but Albo’s fine...