Author: Joseph Brookes

Doctors demand AI oversight as Labor splits on regulation

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Doctors want more input on the regulation of artificial intelligence to ensure ethical use in health care, as the Albanese government weights two models that have split the Labor...

Gambling firms lobby for return to R&D tax breaks

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The gambling lobby is demanding firms like Sportsbet and bet365 be eligible for Australia’s innovation tax breaks again, six months after the companies were locked out by the Albanese...

Qld’s mammoth govtech fund looks for agility

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The Queensland government’s new $1 billion digital fund is prioritising Software-as-a-Service and common platforms under the watch of a handful of public servants and a highly paid consultant. The...

Melbourne low-cost parcel sorter claims robotics sprint

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Melbourne robotic parcel sorting startup Nexobot has won the inaugural Propel-AIR accelerator competition, earning its founder Dominic Lindsay a residency at MassRobotics, a global robotics hub in Boston. Nexobot...

CSIRO researchers brace for hundreds of job cuts

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The national science agency has confirmed it is “reshaping” its research portfolio to do “fewer things, better”, after the staff union warned hundreds of job will be cut later...

Google commits US$1bn for AI training at US universities

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Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a three-year, $1 billion commitment to provide artificial intelligence training and tools to U.S. higher education institutions and nonprofits. More than 100 universities have...

Canberra urged to unify AI policy sprawl

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The government’s fragmented artificial intelligence efforts like business adoption, regulation and productivity would be unified in a national AI strategy and overseen by Cabinet ministers under a proposal being...