Author: Joseph Brookes

Scientists warn capability chasm threatens future generations

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A “collapsing pipeline” of skilled workers and a policy quagmire threatens Australia’s ability to meet intergenerational challenges like the ageing population and technological disruption, according to one of the...

RBA exploring how AI can affect economy, governor says

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Australia’s central bank is exploring how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence could influence the economy, with possible implications for inflation and the labour market, its governor said on Wednesday....

Quantum Brilliance pioneers hybrid computing with US lab

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Australian made quantum processors have been switched on at a US facility that houses some of the world’s fastest super computers as part of a landmark hybrid computing research...

Govt to ban nudify and stalking apps

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Communications minister Anika Wells on Tuesday signalled online safety laws will be changed to restrict access to apps that ‘nudify’ or enable undetectable stalking. Platforms will be forced to...

NSW procurement reforms slow out of the blocks

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Changes to how NSW government agencies must use local suppliers or at least justify why not have hit early hurdles, while other procurement reforms promised more than two years...

Hacking powers handed out without safeguard, review finds

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Controversial hacking powers handed to authorities in 2021 have never had an effective main safeguard, a statutory review has determined, after finding dozens of warrants are being handed out...

NDIA’s Salesforce bill blows out to $170 million

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The cost of Salesforce at the National Disability Insurance Agency grew more than $30 million in six months despite serious concerns about the probity and management of the original...

Almost every enterprise gen AI project is failing: report

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US researchers that analysed hundreds of enterprise level generative AI tools found only one in 20 actually delivered significant value, despite big businesses pouring more than $60 billion into...

Senate keeps the heat on $15 billion NRF

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The government has been ordered to hand over documents about how its $15 billion industry fund is tracking the impact of its investments after concerns about a lack of...