My old journalism school classmate Patrick Gower did a good job this week of injecting some intensity into the second of three election leaders' debates.

If Microsoft and OpenAI dominated much of the discussion around generative AI as they teamed up on the technology, AWS is ramping up its offerings too.

The Australian Government is proposing a national digital identity scheme that will let people prove their identity without having to share documents such as their passport, drivers licence or Medicare card.

Kia ora koutou, welcome to our AI wrap for Friday 22nd September. First up some of the more interesting news this week.  Study into effects of AI on knowledge worker productivity and quality. Insights into Gen AI use by students and teachers. How to learn Generative AI. Stories from the UK and Australia and more.

After years of promising to add end to end encryption to all of its messaging platforms, Meta now looks set to move to full encryption by the end of the year.