Telco uses AI chatbots to keep scammers hanging on the line An army of good-guy artificial intelligence bots is being used to trick scammers on phone calls as telecom groups try to stop Australians getting ripped off.

#AI chatbots that pop up on websites can be really annoying for consumers. But bots created by an Australian AI start-up have a more useful purpose: scamming the scammers. #ausbiz www.afr.com/companies/te...

‘It’s like a marriage’: Inside Telstra and Accenture’s AI reinvention The telco’s $700 million partnership with the consulting group to develop artificial intelligence is no ordinary joint venture.

Curious why Australia's biggest telco company thinks "every part of our business will be redefined by AI? #Telstra executives explain #ausbiz www.afr.com/companies/te...

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Trump’s trade war creates worse shipping turmoil than the pandemic One of the world’s most respected maritime analytics firms says global container volumes will fall this year for only the third time in almost five decades.

“The outlook for container shipping is even more uncertain now than it was at the onset of the COVID virus,” according to analysts at maritime research group Drewry. #ausbiz www.afr.com/companies/tr...

Aussie Broadband launches ‘aggressive’ push into mobile services The challenger telco will use cheap plans to lure Telstra customers as it plots its most ambitious move into the $20 billion mobile market.

Could Australia's #mobile phone market be on the verge of another price war? Big telcos have been raising prices but one company believes consumers don't need all the data they're being sold #ausbiz www.afr.com/companies/te...

Greensill Bank alleges IAG executives knew of billion-dollar policies The claim, filed with the Federal Court, has been brought against the insurance giant by German investors owed money by Lex Greensill’s failed financial group.

Claims in Australia's $7 billion legal battle over whether ASX-listed IAG should stump up cash for policies issued to the #Greensill group before Lex Greensill's empire imploded are landing thick and fast #ausbiz www.afr.com/companies/fi...

Greensill creditors’ $7b pursuit of IAG could be sent to sixth judge Companies chasing billions of dollars argue a recently appointed Federal Court judge might be seen to be biased because he once acted for one of the parties.

Trawling through thousands of pages of documents of insurance claims related to #Greensill Capital's collapse usually makes my head spin. But the court hearings can be quite entertaining #ausbiz www.afr.com/companies/fi...

Why Transgrid’s $4.1b EnergyConnect is a huge problem The massive cost blowout of Australia’s largest energy transmission project will come at the expense of energy consumers.

"When will transmission companies be held to account for woeful cost underestimates, false assurances and poor project delivery?" Good opinion piece on massive cost blow-outs on big energy projects
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‘Saleable’ Transurban shapes up as a buyout target The toll road giant is one of the few infrastructure plays remaining on the ASX. A lacklustre share price could change that.

Demand for #infrastructure from big international investors could shorten the life of listed companies like Australian tollroad group #Transurban www.afr.com/companies/in...

ASX TLS: Telstra, Optus telecom services to be disrupted by direct-to-mobile satellites A new generation of providers with low orbiting networks could transform phone use and challenge major telecoms groups like Telstra and Optus within two years.

Australian telco groups are striking satellite deals with Elon Musk's SpaceX as the race for "direct to mobile" services picks up speed
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Opinion | Can Twitter, uh, X, Survive Elon Musk? Destroying a nexus is hard, but he’s trying.

On point. Via @pkrugman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/o...