Author: Joseph Brookes

‘We reject a regulatory wild west’: Opposition backs AI rules

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Shadow industry and innovation minister Alex Hawke says the government must intervene to address AI challenges, including putting guardrails around high-risk use, to avoid a “regulatory wild west”. But...

Govt pumps $1.1bn into clean fuels take-off

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Australia’s emerging low carbon liquid fuels industry is set to start producing ‘drop in’ alternatives to fossil fuels like sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel by the end of...

Scott Farquhar unpacks his ‘digital embassies’ plan

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Australia should consider allowing foreign tech firms to build and operate data centres that would exist outside the reach of national laws, according to Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council...

Australia looks to Korea for new industry capital

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Ambassadors, government officials and business leaders will meet in Seoul this week as part of a pitch for South Korean investment in Australia’s critical and emerging industries, including artificial...

Get serious on AI trust, Tim Ayres tells the tech sector

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Industry minister Tim Ayres will on Tuesday call on the tech sector to come to the table with artificial intelligence skills and safety as the government pledges to play...

NSW puts data centres into $50bn fast lane

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The NSW government on Monday opened its new Investment Delivery Authority for expressions of interest, with data centres, clean energy and hotel project the first targets of a $50...