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Govt gets moving on $17m plan for AI uptake centres

The federal government will fund artificial intelligence centres across the country to help businesses adopt the technology, reviving a three-year-old plan with a more targeted approach. $17 million in...

‘Delivery science’ is a new model for industry

With more than a century of experience and significant multidisciplinary expertise, CSIRO occupies the important and niche space of research translation in the Australian research ecosystem. Change is a...

The rise of the ‘Responsible AI Office’ 

“I advocate that every company form a Responsible AI Office,” Balakrishna D.R. (Bali) said, underscoring its crucial role in steering AI-first strategies safely through the quagmire of data privacy,...

HR and banking jobs most exposed to generative AI

Human resources, accounting and banking are among the professions most exposed to the impacts of generative AI tools, according to a new report by the Future Skills Organisation. The...

Advanced Navigation to make its own photonics chips

AI robotics innovator Advanced Navigation plans to become Australia’s first mass producer of photonic chips after receiving a grant from the Department of Defence to kickstart the sovereign capability. Photonics...

Landmark NDIS review calls for centralised services registry

A landmark review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has recommended that the federal government develop a centralised online registry of locally available disability support and services for participants....

‘Far from perfect’ face matching laws pass Parliament

Companies will be able to use face matching systems operated by the federal government to verify a person’s identity after controversial legislation passed Parliament with almost 40 privacy-focused amendments....

Can we build a regulatory digital twin?

The National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) commits $15 billion for the diversification and transformation of Australia’s industry and economy. The government has also promised a multi-million investment in responsible AI...

SAP cost comparison led to GovERP’s downfall

The high cost of pushing SAP into Canberra’s legion of smaller, less complex agencies was behind the federal government’s recent decision to abandon its enterprise resource planning system (ERP)...

Senate to probe tech sector’s ‘sovereign capability’

Parliament will investigate “sovereign capability in the Australian tech sector” over six months next year after David Pocock had the issue referred to the Senate’s finance committee on Wednesday....

GovERP debacle: A predictable but valuable lesson

The Australian public sector’s recent experience with the GovERP project, an ambitious yet ultimately unsuccessful SAP implementation, has been a wake-up call. It is a stark reminder of the...