Parliament’s powerful audit committee has called for a whole-of-government approach to managing the use of artificial intelligence across the public service and has sought the creation of a new...
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Hundreds of women will be trained and mentored as part of a new government-funded skills program designed to help tear down the barriers to entering and advancing in Australia’s...
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The federal government’s main technology suppliers have significant gender pay gaps, with some well above the industry averages and going backwards, newly released transparency data shows. Tuesday’s data reveals...
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The idea that it could take more than two years to come up with a definition for what constitutes an Australian company would be considered laughable by right-minded Australians....
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Almost forty per cent of federal government agencies duty-bound to produce an AI transparency statement have missed the February filing deadline, in a blow to Canberra’s efforts to build...
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After a year of shoehorning generative AI into its flagship products, Microsoft is trying to recoup the costs by raising prices, putting ads in products, and cancelling data centre...
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Defence is exploring the possibility of using SpaceX’s Starshield for military-grade satellite communications after axing its first run at a “sovereign-controlled” constellation project last year. Military officials last week...
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A 120kg space capsule carrying NASA, US Air Force and cutting-edge MedTech payloads has safely landed in South Australia at local company Southern Launch’s test range, 45 days after...
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Services Australia has begun testing machine learning technology to help clear its backlog of Centrelink debts deemed “no debt” and improve the customer experience, but says it is still...
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Australia’s largest data centre providers added more than 100,000 tonnes in emissions to the atmosphere last year, with new data showing the CO2 impact of the fast-growing market. Annual...
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Australia’s largest startup community has a new leader, with Majella Campbell promoted to chief executive of Fishburners this week ahead of its move out of the CBD. Ms Campbell...
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US software giant Salesforce said on Wednesday that it would invest $2.5 billion into Australia over the next five years, which even by its own standards for announcing hyperbolic...
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Australia’s new chief scientist has turned his focus to misinformation and research infrastructure, as he waits on security clearance before examining the claims of government-backed PsiQuantum. Professor Tony Haymet,...
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The corporation managing the government’s $15 billion industry fund has agreed to review potential risks to the Commonwealth from its $32 million equity investment in a startup linked to...