Author: Justin Hendry

PsiQuantum’s Brisbane site construction kicked to next year

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PsiQuantum, the Australian government-backed quantum computing startup, will miss its target to break ground on its Brisbane manufacturing and production facility in 2025, Senate Estimates has heard. Officials from...

AI plan ‘a cop out’ on sovereign capability and energy

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The lack of focus on sovereign AI and energy infrastructure in Australia’s recently released AI plan threatens to undermine the country’s prospects of establishing itself as a major AI...

AI companies fall short on safety standards, study shows

Posted on   |  by Zaheer Kachwala
The safety practices of major artificial intelligence companies, such as Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Meta, are “far short of emerging global standards,” according to a new edition of Future...

APS AI use faces tighter controls under updated policy

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Federal agencies will have 12 months to put in place protocols that mandate risk assessments for new AI deployments and bolster oversight with another layer of accountability. That’s according...

Why visibility is essential to public sector modernisation 

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Public sector agencies are working to uplift critical systems at a time when their IT environments have never been more complex. Legacy platforms sit alongside new cloud services, data...

Robyn Denholm departs Tech Council prompting board refresh

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Founding Tech Council of Australia director and former chair Robyn Denholm will depart the peak industry body after five years, alongside fellow board members Kate Jones and Victor Dominello....

AI plan draws tepid response from govt’s own AI Expert Group

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Australia’s new artificial intelligence plan has been slammed as vague and lacking concrete actions by some of the government-appointed AI Expert Group that had recommended that mandatory guardrails be...