Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech
30 May 2025
Google recently unveiled the next phase of its artificial intelligence (AI) journey: “AI mode”.
Marta Yebra: reimagining how Australia lives with fire
27 May 2025
World-class ANU scientists join the best of the best at the Academy
22 May 2025
Two eminent ANU scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science, including Professor Rob Mahony from the School of Engineering.
Advancing a legacy: 2025 Natasha Linard scholars announced
12 May 2025
The Natasha Linard Scholarship for Women in Engineering and Technology was created to support outstanding female students at a pivotal time in their journey — their final year of undergraduate study. In...
ANU students take on rural Australia ahead of the World Solar Challenge
8 May 2025
Does building a solar-powered vehicle from scratch sound complicated? Try driving it across the country with 40 university students to host workshops for schoolkids.
Engineering a more inclusive tomorrow
5 May 2025
Through philanthropy and leadership, ANU alumna Kim Jackson is paving the way for future changemakers in an industry still contending with gender imbalance.
2025 National Indigenous Engineering Autumn School
15 Apr 2025
Indigenous high school students travelled from all corners of the continent to spend a week on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country for the National Indigenous Engineering Autumn School and learn about the engineering...
ChatGPT just passed the Turing test. But that doesn’t mean AI is now as smart as humans
9 Apr 2025
Although the Turing test has been popularised as the ultimate indicator of machine intelligence, there is disagreement about the validity of this test through its contentious history which calls into question how...
Meet the ANU student turning undergraduate research into a podcast
27 Mar 2025
ANU student and Tuckwell Scholarship recipient Chris Jackson shares his latest project, a podcast dedicated to highlighting the research of undergraduate students at ANU.
Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?
18 Mar 2025
Australia’s energy policy would take a sharp turn if the Coalition wins the upcoming federal election.