China’s National People’s Congress is now underway, a session that will outline its 15th five-year plan, for 2026-30. Without surprise, the focus is on artificial intelligence, robotics (or embodied AI) and semiconductors.
InnovationAus.com has published several stories this week as a preview for what’s coming, and it is worth understanding the enthusiasm for these national industrial programs.
The engine for scale production is unimaginably awesome, with the addition of AI to manufacturing and production data makes this five-year plan something to behold.
That’s where we are right now – watching from the outside.
Meanwhile in Canberra, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has told a joint sitting of Parliament that middle powers, like Canada and Australia, really need to work together on this stuff.
That doesn’t just mean in defence or diplomacy but really in building capability in AI, critical minerals and anything else we can leverage in troubled times.
It does say something about the relationship between Australians and Canadian that Mr Carney can come to town to such a welcome. We do love those crazy Canucks.
But the message itself is deadly serious. It’s the same message that he brought to Davos earlier in the year, but in case any here was not listening, he has painted in some detail of where we need to work together.
Good times. Here are some of the stories we’re following this week:
The APS is different: Gallagher to avoid AI job cuts – InnovationAus
Trump ban: US Defense contractors remove Anthropic – Reuters
AI firms should face digital duty of care, senator says – InnovationAus
NDIS Salesforce software now costs $5m-a-month – InnovationAus
China’s NPC readies critical 5-year plan for tech and AI – Reuters
Up to 20,000 public servants to join GovAI trials – InnovationAus
High energy: Charlton maps AI and data centre ambition – InnovationAus
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