Fran Molloy

Macquarie University cyber security experts have invented a multi-lingual chatbot designed to keep scammers on long fake calls and ultimately reduce the huge number of people who lose money to global criminals every day. A new AI-driven system has…

Educators are aware of the implications of ChatGPT’s arrival; what now? asks Fran Molloy. Schools faced a huge stir on returning from the summer break this year, as the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered text generating tool ChatGPT made headlines…

Shorter emails, camera-off Zoom calls and deleting old photos could reduce our digital carbon footprints – but sustainability expert Dr Jessica McLean says this is too big for individuals, and governments and organisations need to take…

Flooding more than 14m high is a freak event, even in flood-prone Lismore in northern NSW. But as climate change makes “freak” events more commonplace, and with almost every medical interaction now having an online component, last week’s big wet…

The pandemic saw remarkable advances in health technology, as governments and institutions fast tracked funding and decision making to identify, control, treat and prevent covid. Hundreds of these projects used artificial intelligence (AI) and…

Macquarie University surgeon Professor Michael Wilson is the co-creator of a video coaching app that helps protect healthcare workers from the risks of PPE breaches. A new app uses artificial intelligence to coach healthcare workers through safely…

Malware attacks on the control systems of self-driving cars could have disastrous outcomes, but new research from Macquarie University shows how car makers can detect and prevent them. New research from Macquarie University’s Department of Computing…

An Australian machine-learning program is the first in the world to handle genomic datasets with a trillion data points, helping scientists decode the mysteries of inherited illness, says Macquarie University Honorary Associate Professor Denis…

Macquarie telecommunications expert Dr Robert Abbas explains the differences between 4G and 5G mobile data networks, and how 6G will be super intelligent and unimaginably fast. Despite a bizarre web of unfounded conspiracy theories, Australia’s 5G…

When Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow posted an Instagram selfie while skiing with her 14-year-old daughter Apple, she was quickly cut down by Apple, who commented – in full view of Paltrow's 6 million followers: "Mom we have discussed this. You may…

There’s good evidence to show that using mobile phones, tablets or computers - and even watching TV - when we go to bed can interfere with our normal sleep processes. Bad idea: phones or other electronic devices in bed can be a problem because they…

Professor Dali Kaafar, Scientific Director, Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub and Leader of Data61 Information Security and Privacy Group, explains. The way that sites like Facebook can anticipate our interests can feel quite uncanny,…

Australia has a once-in-a-generation chance to transform its health care if we spend some of the just-announced Medical Research Future Fund’s $240 million for Frontier Science on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Health Infomatics expert Professor…

Learning to code and developing computational thinking will equip you for a future where digital technologies will drive nearly every aspect of daily life. Thinking of a career in computer science? You’ll be in great company. Across the world,…

A revolutionary mental health service is providing support for anxiety, depression and chronic pain distress through the privacy of free online therapists. Leigh had never spoken to a doctor about her experiences with anxiety and depression, until…

The dark net is the internet ’s version of the Wild West, where organised crime is rampant and law enforcement holds running battles with cyber criminals. Macquarie researchers are leading the fightback.

Joel Emery's passion is cryptocurrencies, IT and tax law. It's dense stuff, but despite a recent senate inquiry, legal treatment of new financial technologies is in its infancy so Emery's Bachelor of Laws honours thesis at ANU is in some ways ahead…

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The national electronic health record database to be launched on July 1 has both medical and security experts calling for better e-health controls. Australia has no co-ordinated approach to e-health safety and security – and with the national…

Unveiled in 2001, the ever-so-geeky-but-cool Segway was meant to revolutionise urban transport. With around 80,000 Segways in operation worldwide, compared to around 600 million passenger vehicles, the revolution has been a bit of a fizzer so…