Alphabet’s Google needs strong measures imposed on it to prevent it from using its artificial intelligence products to extend its dominance in online search, a US Department of Justice...
Science
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Australian scientists have hatched a plan to recruit and repatriate US-based counterparts fleeing President Trump’s multi-billion-dollar research purge with competitive relocation packages. The Australian Academy of Science on Thursday...
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Science minister Ed Husic has dangled a $100 million upgrade to Perth’s largest science education centre if the Albanese government is re-elected, but says it will be up to...
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Elon Musk’s xAI has nearly doubled gas turbines at its Tennessee data centre, exceeding previously known figures and surpassing the number for which the company has submitted permits, according...
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Silicon Valley startup Lightmatter said on Wednesday it had developed a new type of computer chip that could both speed up artificial intelligence work and use less electricity in...
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“Little more than a water recycling facility that has no present utility and will go into non-operational maintenance mode for the foreseeable future.” That’s how an NSW parliamentary committee...
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Elon Musk’s xAI has acquired X in a deal that values the social media platform at US$33 billion (A$52.5 billion) and allows the value of his artificial intelligence firm...
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National science institutions, a radio telescope program, and a handful of biosecurity and medical research projects enjoyed a boost in Jim Chalmers’ fourth Budget, which lacked a significant response...
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Key to securing Australia’s high standard of living is in diversifying our economy from one that is skewed toward commodity export and focus more to value-adding. It will mean...
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Sydney-based quantum pioneer Diraq has opened a second office in the US, cementing a presence in Boston just three months after opening its first North American office in Silicon...
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After a year of shoehorning generative AI into its flagship products, Microsoft is trying to recoup the costs by raising prices, putting ads in products, and cancelling data centre...
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Australia’s new chief scientist has turned his focus to misinformation and research infrastructure, as he waits on security clearance before examining the claims of government-backed PsiQuantum. Professor Tony Haymet,...
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Australian research into topoconductors was crucial to the development of a new type of chip that Microsoft says makes useful quantum computers a reality “in years, not decades”. The...
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A University of Queensland startup has commercialised a new energy efficient and environmentally friendly processing technology that enables copper to be extracted from previously unviable, low-quality resources. The company,...