Author: Justin Hendry

Tim Ayres signals ‘more expansive’ national AI strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s National AI Capability Plan will tackle a broader array of issues than originally envisaged when it is released later this year, federal Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres...

OpenAI becomes for-profit after reaching deal with Microsoft

Posted on   |  by Deepa Seetharaman, Stephen Nellis and Deborah Mary Sophia
Microsoft and OpenAI have reached a deal that frees the ChatGPT maker to move away from its nonprofit roots and likely go public so it can finance chief executive...

Qld bypassed its own rules for $64m in industry grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Nearly $64 million in grants bypassed the prescribed assessment processes for one of Queensland’s largest industry development funds at the direction of government, the state’s auditor-general has found. The...

NRF takes $10m stake in scramjet engine startup

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Hypersonix Launch Systems, a Brisbane-based aerospace startup developing a hydrogen-fuelled scramjet engine capable of reaching speeds of Mach 7, has secured a $10 million equity investment from the National...

Most federal agencies bury their AI transparency disclosures

Posted on   |  by José-Miguel Bello y Villarino, Alexandra Sinclair and Kimberlee Weatherall
A year ago, the Commonwealth government established a policy requiring most federal agencies to publish “AI transparency statements” on their websites by February 2025. These statements were meant to...

Govt weighs copyright reforms after AI training backlash

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government is weighing copyright reforms that would force tech giants like OpenAI and Google to compensate Australian creators whose work is used to train AI models. Clearer...