
Making sense of the stories shaping cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and everything in between. plain.txt unpacks what matters as we navigate an increasingly complex digital landscape – for individuals, organisations, and society alike – cutting through noise to focus on what’s actually happening, and what it means in practice. Hosted by Arjun Ramachandran and Jordan Wilson-Otto, bringing a practitione... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 154 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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This week we take a closer look at the rapid spread of customer‑facing chatbots on websites and explore the growing risks that come with them.
While they often look like a simple website widget, chatbots are increasingly deeply integrated AI agents w... more
To celebrate Privacy Awareness Week, Jordan sits down with Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind to reflect on the PAW theme, her time in the office so far, and what the future holds.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) chosen t... more
This week Jordan is joined by Dr Kate Bower from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to discuss the biggest shake-up to online privacy for Australian kids in 25 years, and how you can have your say.The Children’s Online Priva... more
This week we unpack the dispute between Anthropic and the US Department of Defense and it what it says about AI governance more broadly.
What began as a contractual disagreement rapidly turned into a political and legal stoush that culminated in the... more
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