Author: Joseph Brookes

Security agencies’ chilling warning on artificial intelligence

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Artificial intelligence is driving the radicalisation of vulnerable Australians “at rapid speed” and helping plan sophisticated attacks, law enforcement and intelligence agencies warned parliament on Wednesday. In the wake...

Monster thermal battery to test cleaner heavy industry

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The green energy innovation agency will tip up to $75 million into one of the largest industrial heat battery demonstration projects in the world in Queensland a bid to...

‘Flawed and dangerous’ welfare compliance reboot

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Some of Australia’s most severe automated welfare compliance penalties will resume next week, more than two years after they began being suspended because of an error riddled IT system...

Gig Guide: DTA chief gets two-year extension

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Long-time head of the Digital Transformation Agency Chris Fechner will stay in the role for another two years as it develops new policy for tech mega-deals and supports a...

Landmark NSW procurement laws pass parliament

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Generational procurement reforms promised by NSW Labor in 2023 were delivered on Tuesday when Parliament passed legislation to channel more government spending to local firms and workers. It will...

Commercialisation records smashed as govt cut programs

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Unpopular program cuts and policy changes have marred a bumper year for research translation, with new data showing a record levels of commercialisation revenue and spinout companies had emerged...

Govt, opposition in lockstep on AI training outposts

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US outposts in Australia to train frontier artificial intelligence models would build up local capability and lift productivity, Industry minister Tim Ayres said Tuesday in the latest signal policy...