Author: Joseph Brookes

Transgrid seeks innovators for demand management solutions

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Australia’s largest transmission provider Transgrid has put a call out to local innovators to help manage electricity demand, offering up part of its $4.7 million innovation fund. The NSW...

Australia enters early talks to join $170bn Horizon Europe

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Australia has begun exploratory talks with the European Commission about joining the $170 billion Horizon Europe initiative, the world’s largest funding program for research and innovation. Science minister Tim...

NSW govt AI, ‘COPS’ upgrade face audits

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The NSW government’s use of artificial intelligence is atop the state audit office’s work program this year, with whole of government policies for the technology and individual agency deployments...

Australia introduces age assurance for porn sites, AI chat bots

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Pornographic websites and providers of AI companion bots will be required to check Australian users’ ages from next year, after the online safety regulator accepted industry’s plans to restrict...

Senate showdown for eConveyancing saga

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Two companies locked in a multi-year stoush over electronic conveyancing will front a Senate inquiry on Tuesday, as federal policymakers mull an intervention into the $800 billion property settlement...

Online regulator goes after AI ‘nudify’ services

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Australia’s online safety regulator has issued a formal warning to a UK-based company it says is responsible for AI-enabled services being used to create deepfake pornography of Australian school...

‘Somebody has to lose’: Why reshaping R&D is so hard

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As a generational review of Australia’s research and development system prepares recommendations for wholesale change, the country’s top industry mandarin warns some stakeholders will be left unhappy. Industry department...

Atlassian bets on AI browsers with $610  million deal

Posted on   |  by Akash Sriram
Atlassian said on Thursday it will acquire New York-based startup The Browser Company for US$610 million in cash, moving into the fast‑crowding market for AI‑driven browsers. Shares of the...