The agency responsible for My Health Record has handed a new $162 million contract to Accenture to continue operating the platform’s underlying infrastructure, despite a chequered history with the...
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A Senate committee has backed the biosecurity legislation needed to replace paper-based passenger arrival cards with digital declarations, paving the way for a full roll out over the next...
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A US judge has blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield. Anthropic’s...
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Queensland has blocked data centres from being fast-tracked through controversial new planning laws designed to advance its critical minerals industry after an 11-th hour amendment. The Crisafulli government will...
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The Greens have lashed a decision to allow some states and territories to power data centres with coal and gas, after national cabinet failed to agree on nationally consistent...
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A Senate committee has given the green light to social media ban reforms that would double fines for tech companies and introduce new information gathering powers for Australia’s digital...
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Data centre developer Firmus’ proposal for a second 288-megawatt AI factory in northern Tasmania has been approved despite community backlash over its environmental impact. George Town Council voted in...
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Assistant technology minister Andrew Charlton says the federal government has been developing a set of mandatory AI standards for at least the last five months, with the groundwork dating...
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Senior opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie has flagged Coalition support for federal regulation of artificial intelligence if it helps to secure a domestic technological advantage as the US and China...
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Parliament has passed the government’s revamped media bargaining laws, clearing the way for levies on tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets over the use...
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Federal parliament has launched its broadest inquiry into artificial intelligence to date, ahead of sweeping national reforms to regulate the technology expected from the government next year. The move...
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OpenAI has unveiled new teen safety controls on ChatGPT, automatically restricting the experience when its age prediction systems flag an underage user, as pressure mounts on tech giants over...
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The US is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a US-led AI...
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The eSafety Commissioner will move quickly to summon documents from tech giants and issue social media ban breach orders if handed new regulatory powers, a Senate committee has heard....