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Universities secure $62m for research, training hubs

Universities in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia have secured $62.4 million in federal funding for 13 new research hubs and training centres focused on strategic national priorities, including...

Multi-agent AI ratcheting up adoption and risk

Organisations deploying multi-AI agent systems risk running into new and complex failure modes multi-agent systems, a new report from the Gradient Institute has warned. Backed by the Department of...

Unions to seek workplace AI protections from Chalmers

Australia’s largest workers’ group has launched a push to tighten artificial intelligence regulations, including requiring employers to guarantee job security and retraining opportunities. The Australian Council of Trade Unions...

Why the Australian innovation system needs Fraunhofer Institutes

Australia’s innovation system is constrained by a persistent failure to translate world-class research into industrial capability and commercial outcomes. Drawing lessons from the German city of Kaiserslautern and its...

Nuclear still twice the cost of renewables, CSIRO finds

Renewables are the lowest cost new electricity generation technology in Australia, the national science agency has reaffirmed, while nuclear would be from two to six times as expensive. The...

Qld super mandate directs $50m to local startups

One of Queensland’s largest super funds will direct $50 million towards innovative startups under a new investment mandate designed to drive productivity. The mandate will see Brighter Super work...

EY lands lucrative Tax Office data work

Big Four consulting giant EY will continue its lucrative data work for the tax office under a new deal worth more than $11 million. The Australian Taxation Office has...

R&D tax reforms could deliver $7bn boost each year

Australia could reap more than $7 billion each year by reforming uncompetitive R&D tax settings, according to new economic modelling commissioned by the Business Council of Australia, Atlassian and...

China proposes new global AI cooperation organisation

China has said on Saturday that it wants to create an organisation to foster global cooperation on artificial intelligence, positioning itself as an alternative to the US as the...

Chinese hackers may have found SharePoint flaws via alert

Microsoft is investigating whether a leak from its early alert system for cybersecurity companies allowed Chinese hackers to exploit flaws in its SharePoint service before they were patched, according...