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News Wrap: Silicon Valley gets its way in US AI plan

There are three names attached to the Trump administration’s newly published AI Action Plan. One is the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the other two are Silicon...

APS pilot brings local OpenAI instance to Canberra

Federal agencies will gain access to an Australian instance of OpenAI’s GPT-4o as part of a whole-of-government AI service being trialed to accelerate the adoption of AI across the...

Awards 2025: The search for our outstanding leaders begins

The search has begun for Australia’s outstanding leaders from within our community of entrepreneurs and innovators. Nominations have opened for the individual leadership categories of the 2025 InnovationAus Awards...

NRF injects $150m into Brandon Capital life sciences fund

The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has invested $150 million in life sciences venture capital firm Brandon Capital, in a major push to keep Australia’s medical breakthroughs from heading offshore...

US quantum giant taps Sydney spinout for computing race

Australian scientists will co-develop electronics and materials in Sydney for a global quantum giant that is racing to build the world’s most powerful quantum computer by the end of the...

Frontier tech fuels SA’s export ambition

South Australia has made frontier technology like artificial intelligence and quantum sensing a key plank in its new trade and investment strategy aimed at increasing state exports into emerging...

NZ introduces new laws to govern space infrastructure

The New Zealand government passed legislation on Wednesday to regulate the use of ground-based space infrastructure following concerns about foreign actors using it to harm national security. Space minister...

Billion-dollar deal takes UQ’s vaccine tech global

A UK company developing technology spun out of the University of Queensland is poised for growth after being acquired by biopharmaceutical giant Sanofi for up to $1.6 billion. In...

Researchers sound alarm over Starlink risk to SKA telescope

Australia’s unfinished Square Kilometre Array telescope is at risk of having its sensitive space observations distorted by Starlink, with new research showing the low-orbiting satellites are leaking low-frequency radio...

NRF told to crank investment, prioritise national interest

The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has been directed to get $1.5 billion out the door over the next year and prioritise the national interest and longer-term gains, after scraping...

White House to unveil plan to push US AI abroad

The US government intends to publish a plan on Wednesday that calls for the export of American AI technology abroad and a crackdown on state laws deemed too restrictive...

NDIA mulls tech overhaul after procurement scandal

The National Disability Insurance Agency is considering an overhaul of its technology stack that could see it abandon a scandal linked Salesforce system after investing almost $150 million in...

Govt left waiting for PsiQuantum planning application

A stadium-sized complex that will house PsiQuantum’s first commercially useful quantum computer is facing a potential setback, with the Silicon Valley startup and Brisbane Airport yet to lodge development...