When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person’s...
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Australia has slipped five places in a key international competitiveness ranking, falling from 13th to 18th position as sluggish economic growth and productivity weigh on the nation’s performance. The...
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Western Australia’s largest in-flight IT projects have blown out by at least $1.6 billion and will be delivered years later than first planned, a damning review by the state’s...
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The federal Industry department has moved to correct the record after reports an Irish AI startup has joined the government’s generational review of Australia’s research and development system. The...
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State government support for video game developers in NSW will be topped up in the Budget as part of a $380 million package for the screen and digital games...
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The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was at the Press Club this week telling Australia that he had instructed the Treasurer Jim Chalmers to convene a special Productivity Roundtable in...
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The Victorian government has released its first Industry Policy in almost a decade, promising new direction and long-term stability to businesses powering the state’s economy. Minister for Industry and...
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The head of the Australian Information Industry Association Simon Bush will step down next month, leaving the peak representative body for another role in the IT industry. The AIIA...
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Victoria’s state-run VC fund and startup development agency will go under the microscope as part of the most extensive review of the state’s innovation investment settings in a decade....
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French President Emmanuel Macron will push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the age of 15 after a fatal stabbing at a school in...
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Newly appointed Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres has outlined government’s three priorities for artificial intelligence, including strategies to ensure Australia has a stake in the global AI technology...
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Senator Dave Sharma has warned against Australia adopting a risk-averse approach to the regulation of artificial intelligence, which would stymie business take up of a technology that is evolving...
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The European Union has launched a new International Digital Strategy with a commitment to promoting a rules-based global digital order and working with like-minded partners to offset a period...
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Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres gave the opening address at the AFR AI Summit in Sydney this week, telling the business audience that Australia must “lean in” to...