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...
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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...
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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...
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University researchers will partner with resource companies, manufacturers, state departments and the Australian Navy in the first round of the $296 million ‘Industry PhD’ program announced on Monday. More...
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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...
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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...
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It is a truly exciting time in Australia and India’s relationship, a golden era in which ties are only getting bigger and stronger. Our governments are promoting and supporting...
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Imagine you read a book. You commit details of the book to memory and ruminate on the ideas contained in it. Somebody then asks you a question about the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The unlawful robodebt scheme was rushed into operation with “little interest” in its legal basis and then covered up with “dishonesty and collusion”, a landmark Royal Commission has found....
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Public servants have been warned that using generative artificial intelligence tools for service delivery and decision-making poses “an unacceptable risk to government” in new advice from the Digital Transformation...
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Education minister Jason Clare has told the Australian Research Council to reform oversight of its grant assessments process following reports that ChatGPT was used to produce assessment reports. Last...