Archive - ASPI's Cyber and Tech Digest

Tech titans seek to cast opposition to data centers as a Chinese influence operation

Plus, Anthropic releases Mythos models while calling for mechanism to pause frontier model development

Jun 12 • ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security

Five Eyes warn China is using job platforms to recruit government insiders

Plus, the White House issued an executive order for AI cybersecurity clearinghouse

Jun 5

May 2026

Pope Leo pushes AI ethics into global politics

Plus, quantum computing efforts secure major funding boost

May 29 • ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security

China builds a secret platform to track foreigners

Plus, Shai-Hulud continues to spread across open-source package registries

May 22 • ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security and Fergus Ryan

Trump arrives in Beijing with US tech CEOs in tow

Plus, Canvas reaches agreement with cybercriminal group to return data of 275 million users.

May 15 • ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security

EU blocks public funding for Chinese solar inverters over security risks

Plus, Zambia’s government cancelled RightsCon digital rights conference following indirect pressure over the participation over the participation of…

May 8 • ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security

Australia's AI moment requires a copyright compromise

Compute infrastructure is our natural strength. Copyright law is what's holding it back.

May 1 • ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security and Fergus Ryan

April 2026

Europe weighs sovereignty against dependence on US cloud and software

Plus, Anthropic is courting government access to Mythos while resisting Pentagon demands on acceptable AI use.

Apr 23

Anthropic unveils autonomous cyber-vulnerability discovery tool

Plus, Mark Zuckerberg grasping immortality as Meta builds a photorealistic AI version of their founder

Apr 17

🎧 New Stop the World: AI in China, authoritarian surveillance and the global stakes with Bethany Allen & Fergus Ryan

For China's government, AI governance is regime governance. What does that mean for rights, justice and the countries importing Chinese AI?

Apr 13 • ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security and Fergus Ryan

China firms commercialise battlefield intelligence as US struggles to control wartime visibility

Plus, a U.S. Army chatbot trained on real missions signals AI’s growing battlefield role

Apr 10

Google brings quantum crypto warning forward to 2029

Plus, Australia's eSafety Commissioner investigating major platforms for non-compliance with under-16 social media ban

Apr 1