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OpenAI rolls out shopping features with ChatGPT search update

OpenAI says it has updated ChatGPT’s web search capabilities to improve online shopping for users with personalised product recommendations with images, reviews, and direct purchase links. The generative AI...

Australians the most pessimistic in the world on AI

Australians are the most pessimistic people in the world when it comes to artificial intelligence, according to a global study that will raise more questions about the federal government’s...

Health dept sticks with big three multi-cloud

The federal Health department will continue migrating on-premise systems to Amazon Web Services after striking a new $22 million three-year hosting deal with the US hyperscaler through its opaque...

IBM to invest US$150b over next five years in quantum push

IBM will invest US$150 billion (A$233 billion)in the US including on facilities for quantum computer production over the next five years, the latest American technology company to back the...

MGA Thermal takes clean steam leap over valley of death

Energy storage innovator MGA Thermal has turned its sights to large scale commercial projects after proving up its proprietary technology as a clean steam alternative to gas for industry....

$40m pledge for ‘new energy tradie’ skills centre

A returned Albanese government will co-fund a $40 million national training centre in Melbourne to reskill thousands of plumbers and gas fitters for the changing energy system. Federal Labor on...

NZ readies new regulations for space sector infrastructure

New Zealand will have in place by July legislation regulating operators of ground-based space infrastructure, aimed at deterring foreign interference, the country’s Space minister Judith Collins said. The new...

CRCs across govt can fill R&D ‘missing middle’

Cooperative Research Centres are seeking an expanded role that would allow them to access government funding beyond the Industry department and help deliver flagship programs like the National Reconstruction...