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PM defends PsiQuantum deal as Queensland review looms

Anthony Albanese has reaffirmed his support for Australia’s $1 billion bet on PsiQuantum and talked up the “enormous advantage” it will give Queensland after the state’s new government said...

R&D shortfall risks our prosperity, says Cannon-Brookes

Australia risks losing out on the future prosperity that artificial intelligence presents by investing “far too little” in research and development, according to software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes. The co-founder...

NSW must appoint a dedicated AI Commissioner

Recently I asked a good friend of mine who works for an artificial intelligence-based company that you’ve almost certainly heard of what questions politicians should be asking about the...

ASCA to focus on long-term AI research partnerships

AI and machine learning is this focus of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s second round of long-term research and development partnerships, which opened to applications on Monday. The Advanced...

Tech Council pushes national R&D investment target

Lifting investment in technology adoption alongside a research and development drive will deliver a $167 billion productivity windfall, according to the Tech Council of Australia, which on Tuesday called...

Energy innovators gain consumer data right carve out

Tweaks to consumer data right rules effective from Tuesday will allow energy companies to shield their trial products for two years from the scheme’s data sharing obligations in a...

Breakthrough puts Trellis Data in the AI fast lane

Local startup Trellis Data claims to have built the world’s fastest AI decoding technique, allowing text to be generated more than three times quicker on popular large language models....

The battle for a Future Made in Aust within Treasury

The Future Made in Australia agenda faced significant opposition from Treasury officials, but over time there has been increasing support for net zero industry development efforts, according to the...

Verifiable credentials: Shorten hunts for ‘fool’s gold’

Australia’s largest bank and a medical centre have signed on to test Canberra’s verifiable credentials project, which is promising to harden the nation against cyber attacks and scams by...

Legal expert flags problems with revised misinformation bill

Australia’s leading constitutional law expert Anne Twomey says there is a potential “constitutional problem” with the government’s definition of misinformation and serious harm in proposed laws. Appearing before a...

Shine on: 2024 InnovationAus Awards in pictures

Australia’s trailblazing innovators and changemakers assembled in Sydney on October 30 to celebrate some of the most exciting ideas the country has to offer at the fourth annual InnovationAus...

Gig guide: Stela Solar steps down from National AI Centre

The inaugural director of the National AI Centre Stela Solar will depart the organisation next week, six months after the government announced that the centre would shift from the...

Review of ‘rock bottom’ R&D waiting on govt sign-off

A sweeping review of Australia’s faltering research and development system won’t be completed for at least a year, as government and overall R&D investment levels slump to record lows....