In a big week for the industry, Ed Husic says his approach to AI safety and regulation has been validated, the Greens have elected as leader its most articulate...
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Australia risks decimating startup investment if the government pushes ahead with proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive that could leave young companies unable to claim refunds from the...
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Six cutting-edge quantum translation projects have shared in $12.3 million in federal funding, the government announced on Friday, allaying fears the challenge program had been scrapped. The funding will...
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Former industry minister Ed Husic says a surge in security incidents driven by rogue AI agents has borne out the case for regulation, renewing his calls for a National...
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A former top trade unionist will lead a broad South Australian Royal Commission examining whether the safe use of artificial intelligence could transform the state’s economy and improve government...
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The Greens have vowed to stare down “US tech billionaires” and “replace” Labor under new leader David Shoebridge, who emerged victorious on Wednesday from a closely contested leadership race....
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Australian companies that scale into global businesses could be excluded from a planned carve out of capital gains tax increases, even while still growing their local headcount and investments....
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The federal government has demonstrated a willingness to regulate the downside of social media and artificial intelligence in a way that other governments around the world have not. You...
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The federal opposition is pushing the Albanese government to reach an agreement with AI giants by Christmas, warning the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI will move on to other...
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Labor has flagged mandatory reporting rules for AI agent breaches as “a minimum” and consideration of new and existing legal liabilities for tech companies in response to the OpenAI...
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The Albanese government has brought forward its AI regulation agenda by several months, with legislation now expected to be introduced to federal parliament by the end of the year,...
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It was only ever a matter of time before an AI agent tested the limits of the government’s cyber defences. That it was a system adjacent to one of...
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Australia’s peak union body says the OpenAI unauthorised access of a Medicare statistics portal is a “point of no return” for AI regulation, calling it a fundamental attack on...
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The Trump administration has criticised Australia’s proposed social media algorithm reforms, which would give users the option to choose the content on their feeds, warning that Washington would likely...