I am an award-winning journalist with an unquenchable passion for technology who has written across a wide range of subjects during 30 years of media reporting in print, online and broadcast media.

Mainstream media roles include Consumer Affairs Reporter, Legal Affairs Reporter, City Hall Reporter, Assistant Chief of Staff, Deputy News Editor online, Media Development Editor and for 10 years as Senior Technology Journalist at The Australian newspaper. Recent specialities include artificial intelligence, telecommunications, digital copyright and consumer product reviews, including reviewing all forms of modern electric transport. I was also founding editor of indigenous newspaper Land Rights Queensland.

I’m available for special projects such as freelance news and feature writing, newspaper, TV and radio commentary, technical report writing, media training and strategies, MCing and conducting classes around using specific consumer technology. Feel free to contact me at crgriffo@gmail.com.

Experts fear big AI data centres will gobble up all our power.

Posted on August 25, 2026September 2, 2026 by Chris Griffith

The Australian Government faces a massive challenge to prevent Australia’s electricity supply from being monopolised by AI-ready data centres.

From bean counters to token counters: how government overuse of AI could cost billions.

Posted on August 5, 2026September 2, 2026 by Chris Griffith

There’s a growing realisation among the Australian bureaucracy that replacing entire processes with AI comes at a cost. Welcome to the world of tokenomics.

AI sparks massive layoffs In the profitable tech sector

Posted on February 19, 2026September 1, 2026 by Chris Griffith

Layoffs in the tech sector are no longer confined to struggling firms. Even the most successful companies with strong revenues are massively laying off staff as artificial intelligence spreads throughout the sector in 2026.