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...
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Just like the rest of the world, Australia has arrived at its AI moment. Decisions that get made today about industry development strategies and productivity will have a big...
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The National Reconstruction Fund remains without an investment strategy almost two years after it was established, according to the first audit of the entity in charge of the $15...
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A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry will examine competition in online property settlements in the wake of a series of technical issues at incumbent eConveyancing platform PEXA. The inquiry,...
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The appointment of AirTrunk chief executive Robin Khuda and Telstra CEO Vicki Brady to the board of the Business Council of Australia flags a strengthening pivot at the BCA...
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From grey zone coercion to regional surveillance competition, the Indo-Pacific is now in live contest. Yet our national innovation posture is not structured to mitigate emerging risks or leverage...
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The world is a funny old place. A judge in San Francisco has ruled that Anthropic’s use of a bunch of books without permission to train its AI system...
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Machines alone don’t create an ability to fight a war. Recognising this, the Australian Defence Organisation classifies equipment as just one ‘fundamental input to capability’—alongside such things as people,...
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The NSW Opposition leader Mark Speakman has stepped up the political fight over productivity in the state by vowing to adopt “responsible” artificial intelligence across key public services. Mr...
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Tech lobbying group CCIA Europe, whose members include Alphabet, Meta and Apple, on Thursday urged European Union to pause implementation of the AI Act, saying a rushed roll-out risks...
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The fight over a proposed 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence heated up on Wednesday, with Republican and Democratic Senate leaders differing on whether such a...
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Building sovereign AI infrastructure should be a first order priority within the Albanese government’s second term productivity agenda, Australian Computer Society chief executive Josh Griggs says. The development of...