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SA lawmakers to examine AI framework

South Australian lawmakers will use a new parliamentary inquiry to examine whether the state is well placed to seize on the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence while mitigating the...

Generative AI banned from research grant assessments

The Australian Research Council has banned grant assessors from using generative AI tools in their assessment activities just days after reports emerged that ChatGPT had been used in assessor...

Pothole detecting AI trials begin in NSW

Deloitte has been contracted for $1.86 million to advance the next stage of Transport NSW’s pothole detecting platform Asset AI, which is initially being rolled out to two local...

ACCC targets data brokers in new inquiry

Data brokers that source information from unwitting consumers will be investigated by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as part of the latest digital platforms inquiry probe. With the...

Christine Tonkin on strategic procurement planning

Christine Tonkin is the Member for Churchlands in the Western Australian parliament. She has been in the role for a little more than two years. A member of Roger...

DHS watered down data scientists’ advice on robodebt

The department responsible for robodebt tried to water down independent advice from data experts and asked the government technology agency to enhance the illegal scheme’s “user experience” in less...

Govt AI guidance creates ‘arbiters of acceptable’: AIIA

Federal government guidance developed to provide public servants with a steer on the use of generative artificial intelligence entrusts agencies as the “arbiter of what is acceptable”, according to...

$2bn green hydrogen fund up for consultation

Consultation on the design of the federal government’s flagship hydrogen production credit scheme has begun, with the $2 billion fund to support at least two large-scale projects. Announced in...