A plan for a centralised health database in Victoria that denies patients the right to opt-out has been revived by the state government, reigniting privacy and data security fears...
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“Technocrats” and a lack of user testing are to blame for the Parliament’s delay-plagued expense management software upgrade, which will be without a key transparency feature for a year,...
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OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 has spurred a cascade of articles and commentary on artificial intelligence. The discussion, however, reveals how much artificial intelligence is already deployed....
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The use of ChatGPT in the public service is not being encouraged by the Digital Transformation Agency, although it is supportive of experimentation using generative AI technologies to explore...
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The privacy watchdog expects to finalise inquiries it launched into Bunnings and Kmart’s use of facial recognition within months, but has declined to say if the intrusive technology is...
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Big Tech search and media giant Google has moved to reassure the federal government that its global workforce reduction plans will not have any impact on its research commitments...
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The New South Wales government has all but exhausted its flagship digital fund, with less than $150 million remaining in the once cashed-up Digital Restart Fund for new projects...
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Industry minister Ed Husic made a “desperate intervention” in the growing debate around the government’s flagship industry policy when he linked the planned $15 billion fund to national security,...
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Curtin University has announced energy and resources commercialisation veteran Dr Ross Waring as the director of its Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer hub. Dr Waring has 25 years...
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The government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund should be used to rebalance the way Australian research and development has been supported in Australia after a decade of business tax...
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Australia’s clean energy watchdog will spend more than $22 million bringing in six ‘scrum’ teams to deliver several projects by July, as the agency builds out its technology for...
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has rejected proposed industry codes put forward by associations representing the online industry, sending the draft codes back to industry demanding that they address areas of...
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Women in STEM groups are warning of an approach cliff for federally funded programs designed to encourage women into science and technology, with the government unlikely to commit to...
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Science and Technology Australia are calling on the federal government to establish a $20 billion “locked box of capital” which the peak body estimates could contribute up to $2.3...