AI

A judge overseeing a shareholder class action over the collapse of fund manager Blue Sky will explore how artificial intelligence can be used to reduce costs in the case, which have already reached $20 million.

A leading class action judge has urged courts to lean into AI, suggesting the technology could rescue lawyers and judges from "mountains of documents or elaborate processes" that waste resources, freeing them up to do what AI cannot: exercise judgment.

Electricity network provider Transgrid says network upgrades are needed to deal with the "unprecedented interest" in connecting new data centres and that centre operators should foot the bill. 

The Fair Work Commission has released a new guidance on the use of AI, requiring that litigants disclose their use of the technology, verify the accuracy of all facts and case law and any witness statements.

The Fair Work Commission has made the "very rare" decision to hit a former Aldi employee with costs after he relied heavily on artificial intelligence which undermined his own case.  

A senior judge has urged lawyers and judges to “be in the vanguard” of adopting generative artificial intelligence or risk becoming irrelevant, saying machine-made judicial decisions are inevitable.

The NSW government has vowed to fast-track data centre applications if developers comply with a new set of guidelines designed to minimise impacts on local communities.

Human experience must remain central to judicial decision-making, a top judge has warned, even as he acknowledged that artificial intelligence was just as capable as civil law judges of fair adjudication.

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskus has announced the government will conduct a royal commission into artificial intelligence, just days after signing a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI.

Law firm Sparke Helmore has teamed up with tech services company Adaca to launch an AI firm for government clients, promising a "unique combination of legal and technical assurance".