Author: Joseph Brookes

AI submission summaries not up to snuff, ASIC finds

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Australia’s corporate regulator will not implement AI technology to read and summarise hundreds of submissions to public consultations after a trial found the machine summaries were “bland” and not...

Foley bells the cat on tech’s transparency problem

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Australia’s chief scientist – a quantum physicist by trade – got to the heart of the online harm problems facing Australia in a way other experts appearing at Monday’s...

Ombudsman blasts underwhelming procurement response

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The small business ombudsman has lashed an “underwhelming” government response to its procurement inquiry recommendations, after its calls for sweeping changes were quietly batted away. Earlier this month, the...

Dutton pledges online crackdown in Budget reply

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A Dutton government would repeal the key part of the Future Made in Australia plan, lift a ban on nuclear energy and add social media platforms to a controversial...

Breakthrough Victoria backs MedTech commercialisation

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The Victorian government’s venture capital fund on Thursday announced it has invested $5 million into a Melbourne MedTech commercialisation firm as it faces renewed criticism from the state opposition...

Amazon updates to ABS’ big data cloud

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Updates to Australia’s critical economic data and the cloud environment behind them will be delivered by Amazon Web Services under a $10 million deal that will also test a new...

Future fight for Made in Australia billions

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The Opposition will try and block an Albanese government plan to provide almost $14 billion in tax credits to Australia’s green hydrogen and critical minerals industries because taxpayers should...