Author: Justin Hendry

Nations meet for ‘killer robot’ talks as regulation lags

Posted on   |  by Olivia Le Poidevin
Countries are meeting at the United Nations on Monday (Tuesday AEST) to revive efforts to regulate the kinds of AI-controlled autonomous weapons increasingly used in modern warfare, as experts...

Tim Ayres named Industry minister in new-look Cabinet

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Manufacturing advocate and former Future Made in Australia assistant minister Tim Ayres has been named Australia’s new Industry minister, replacing Ed Husic after he was spectacularly dumped from the...

Gilmour Space shoots for landmark maiden launch this week

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Gilmour Space Technologies will attempt the first orbital launch from Australian soil in more than 50 years as early as Thursday morning after receiving final approval from the space...

NSW Health cools on high-risk innovation investment

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW Health will move to diversify and re-balance its portfolio of research and innovation investments under a more risk-averse approach that creates “lasting impact and value”. The new approach...

PsiQuantum inks deal for ‘critical’ local cooling tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
One of the world’s largest cryoplants ever commissioned for a quantum computer will be built and tested offshore before being installed at PsiQuantum’s mammoth manufacturing facility in Brisbane later...

Trump to rescind and replace Biden-era AI chip export curbs

Posted on   |  by Karen Freifeld and Arsheeya Bajwa
US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to rescind and modify a Biden-era rule that curbed the export of sophisticated AI chips, a spokeswoman for the Department of Commerce said...