Smart Energy Council chief executive John Grimes has urged the federal government to stop “pummelling around the edges” and move swiftly to deploy billions of dollars in green manufacturing...
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What a pleasure it is to announce that Australian business legend Catherine Livingstone and Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro have kindly agreed to act as Patrons for the...
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ChatGPT developer OpenAI’s high-profile engagements with policymakers in Australia has opened a door to new possibilities, including the potential for large-scale AI infrastructure investment under the umbrella of the...
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The Productivity Commission has cautioned the Albanese government against using its signature industry support program to create supply chain resilience, warning that it could be seen as a form...
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Australian policymakers face a very particular challenge in relation to the artificial intelligence and its contribution to productivity, according to Vault Cloud chief executive Rupert Taylor-Price. That is how...
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Alphabet’s Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to...
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Anthony Albanese says artificial intelligence will deliver “secure and fulfilling jobs”, not threaten them, as the government looks to create a more productivity-focused economy. The Prime Minister made the...
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The United States has lifted restrictions on exports to China for chip design software developers and ethane producers, a further sign of de-escalating US-Sino trade tensions including concessions from...
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Services Australia will move under the Department of Finance in a major Machinery of Government change that puts a central agency in charge of social security payments and service...
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There are just two topics of conversation in Australia right now: You are either talking about artificial intelligence, or you’re talking about productivity (or you are talking about them...
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The European Union is seeking to attract private funding to help it take the lead in quantum technology by 2030, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said on Wednesday, as...
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The Albanese government is eyeing further reforms to a Morrison-era science and technology diplomacy fund, with consulting giant Deloitte brought in to review all elements of the scheme. The...
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The Republican-led US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill....
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Australia could become a regional hub for AI infrastructure, providing a “low-latency” access corridor to regional partners and new training capacity outside of the United States and Europe, according...