Bio

Josh Taylor is a technology reporter for Guardian Australia based in Melbourne, specializing in covering technology and its societal impacts. With a focus on Australian news, he consistently provides insightful analysis and reporting on emerging tech trends and policies.

Articles (45)

• Report Supporting Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Appears to Contain AI Hallucinations, Senate Hears

  The Guardian • 17 Aug 2026

• This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy

  The Guardian • 8 Aug 2026

• Atlassian Tightens Tracking of Staff AI Use as Other Technology Firms Encourage ‘Tokenmaxxing’

  The Guardian • 29 July 2026

• When the AI Bubble Bursts, What Will Australia Do With the Tools It Built?

  The Guardian • 27 July 2026

• Mega Datacentre Planned for Outer Melbourne Will Be Six Times Bigger Than a Large Shopping Centre

  The Guardian • 26 July 2026

• Man of his Word: Pope Leo Speeches Declared Human-Authored by Australian AI Detection Tool

  The Guardian • 21 July 2026

• Albanese’s AI Blueprint Sparks Calls for Datacentre Moratorium Until New Regulations in Place

  The Guardian • 16 July 2026

• AI models already ‘doing things their creators never intended’, Australia’s assistant technology minister warns

  The Guardian • 7 July 2026

• Doctors’ Soaring Use of AI Scribes Prompts Australian Government Warning Over Privacy

  The Guardian • 5 July 2026

• Rapid demand for AI datacentres in Australia could stoke inflation, experts warn – and crowd out land for housing

  The Guardian • 2 July 2026

• Pokémon Go Data Trained AI That Could Assist Military Drones in War Zones

  The Guardian • 12 June 2026

• Labor to Set Terms for Datacentre and AI Growth as It Vows Not to Repeat Mistakes of Resources Boom

  The Guardian • 11 June 2026

• A university professor admitted using AI to write an opinion piece. Here’s what it revealed about trust in the technology

  The Guardian • 5 June 2026

• Sydney Academic Used AI to Write SMH Opinion Piece Urging Students to Avoid Using Tech to ‘Cut Corners’

  The Guardian • 3 June 2026

• WiseTech Begins Redundancies – But Omits ‘AI’ From Emails to Chinese Employees, Workers Say

  The Guardian • 22 May 2026

• Melbourne psychiatrist refuses new patients who don’t consent to AI note-taking

  The Guardian • 18 May 2026

• ‘Your craft is obsolete’: WiseTech staff in limbo as AI touted as better than humans

  The Guardian • 7 May 2026

• Under a Cloud: The Growing Resentment Against the Massive Datacentres Sprouting Across Australian Cities

  The Guardian • 2 May 2026

• Grok tells researchers pretending to be delusional ‘drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards’

  The Guardian • 24 Apr 2026

• Australian Federal Court Warns Lawyers Over ‘Unacceptable’ Use of AI

  The Guardian • 16 Apr 2026

• Two in five Australian GPs use AI scribes to record patient notes – but do they trade care for convenience?

  The Guardian • 29 Mar 2026

• Signs of Psychosis Seen in Australian Users’ Interactions with AI Chatbots, Expert Warns

  The Guardian • 25 Feb 2026

• Grindr Tests AI Match-Making in Australia Amid Dating App Fatigue and Safety Concerns

  The Guardian • 23 Feb 2026

• Telstra Joint Venture to Axe More Than 200 Jobs Amid AI Rollout

  The Guardian • 10 Feb 2026

• Condemnation of Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Reached Tipping Point After French Raid, Australia’s eSafety Chief Says

  The Guardian • 4 Feb 2026

• What Is Moltbook? The Strange New Social Media Site for AI Bots

  The Guardian • 2 Feb 2026

• Australian Politicians Condemn AI Chatbot, Yet Remain on Platform

  The Guardian • 13 Jan 2026

• Fake Minns, Altered Images and Psyop Theories: Bondi Attack Misinformation Shows AI’s Power to Confuse

  The Guardian • 18 Dec 2025

• Elon Musk's Grok AI Claims He Is Fitter Than LeBron James and Smarter Than Leonardo da Vinci

  The Guardian • 20 Nov 2025

• Government Using Machine Learning to Aid in NDIS Planning, Documents Reveal

  The Guardian • 11 Nov 2025

• Some Investors in AI Are 'Extremely Autocratic,' Says ABC Chair Kim Williams

  The Guardian • 7 Nov 2025

• Fake Claims About Australian Road Rules on Headlights Generated by AI and Spread on Google

  The Guardian • 4 Nov 2025

• OpenAI Promises More 'Granular Control' to Copyright Owners After Sora 2 Generates Videos of Popular Characters

  The Guardian • 5 Oct 2025

• Lawyer Penalized in Australian First for Using AI-Generated False Citations in Court Case

  The Guardian • 2 Sept 2025

• WA Lawyer Referred to Regulator After Using AI-Generated Citations for Nonexistent Cases

  The Guardian • 18 Aug 2025

• Scott Farquhar Thinks Australia Should Let AI Train for Free on Creative Content. He Overlooks One Key Point

  The Guardian • 13 Aug 2025

• AI Chatbots are Becoming Popular Alternatives to Therapy, but They May Worsen Mental Health Crises, Experts Warn

  The Guardian • 1 Aug 2025

• Face Age and ID Checks? Using the Internet in Australia is About to Fundamentally Change

  The Guardian • 19 July 2025

• Scientists Allegedly Conceal AI Text Prompts in Academic Papers for Favorable Peer Reviews

  The Guardian • 13 July 2025

• US Attacks on Science and Research a 'Great Gift' to China in Artificial Intelligence, Former OpenAI Board Member Says

  The Guardian • 8 June 2025

• People Interviewed by AI for Jobs Face Discrimination Risks, Australian Study Warns

  The Guardian • 12 May 2025

• Tone Deaf: US Tech Company Responsible for Global IT Outage to Cut Jobs and Use AI

  The Guardian • 8 May 2025

• No Consent: Australian Authors Livid That Meta May Have Used Their Books to Train AI

  The Guardian • 24 Mar 2025

• Meta's AI Is Scraping Users' Photos and Posts: Europeans Can Opt Out, But Australians Cannot

  The Guardian • 10 Sept 2024

• Tech Firms Criticize New Australian Standards for Generative AI in Online Safety

  The Guardian • 29 Feb 2024