
Science belongs to everyone: ANU cybernetics alumni honoured as unsung hero
2 Sep 2025
Alison Kershaw was part of the first cohort of the Master of Applied Cybernetics at ANU, and has been celebrated for continuing to make science more inclusive, human, and accessible.

Convergence, trust, technology and cybernetics at the World Economic Forum
24 Jun 2025
ANU expert Professor Katherine Daniell, from the School of Cybernetics, joins the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions to talk about emerging technologies.

Token wars
20 Jun 2025
‘Tokens’ used to train AI models are running out. School of Cybernetics PhD candidate Kathy Reid discusses what this means and why should we care.

PhD Spotlight: Kathy Reid
23 Apr 2025
Kathy tells us how cybernetics has guided her as a researcher and where to next once she’s completed her PhD.

A cultural policy will protect Australian democracy
15 Apr 2025
In a cost-of-living crisis, the arts is often one of the first sectors on the financial chopping block. But with rising global authoritarianism, support for the arts is exactly what we need....

We need to change how we manage chronic disease
14 Apr 2025
Improving existing services won’t be enough to support the growing number of Australians affected by chronic conditions.

Everything you say to an Alexa speaker will be sent to Amazon – starting today
28 Mar 2025
Starting 28 March, Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices....

Creative progress or mass theft? Why a major AI art auction is provoking wonder – and outrage
21 Feb 2025
Jessica Herrington from the School of Cybernetics discusses the first Christie’s in New York art collection dedicated to AI art

The Robot Dog is a sci-fi comedy with byte
16 Jan 2025
The future feels closer than ever in this new play about AI and culture.

The magic of Nao
7 Jan 2025
Meet the little robot painting a big picture of what technology might look like in the future.