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Policy

We need a clear roadmap on AI, not infighting

Australia’s AI future is uncertain, because Anthony Albanese’s government cannot provide regulatory clarity on our nation’s AI path forward. We know AI presents the single greatest opportunity in a...

CDC Data Centres heads west for AUKUS boom

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
CDC Data Centres is set to build its next data centre campus in Western Australia, as it eyes growing demand for high-density compute and artificial intelligence capabilities through the...

Perplexity makes bold $53bn bid for Google’s Chrome

Posted on   |  by Akash Sriram
Perplexity AI made a US$34.5 billion (A$52.8 billion) unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser on Tuesday, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for...

Privacy commissioner hits back at PC’s privacy retreat

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy commissioner says walking back long-overdue privacy reforms and loosening existing laws after a years-long push to strengthen them would be like “throwing out the baby with the...

Indonesia eyes ‘sovereign AI fund’ to drive development

Posted on   |  by Stanley Widianto
Authorities overseeing the development of AI in Indonesia have proposed a “sovereign AI fund” to finance the archipelago’s ambitions to become a regional hub for the fast-growing technology, a...

PC push to give teachers ‘equitable access’ to AI, edtech tools

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The Productivity Commission is calling for a nationally coordinated rollout of artificial intelligence and other education technologies to school teachers to help ease workloads, personalise learning and improve student...

US to take cut of Nvidia, AMD chip sales to China

Posted on   |  by Karen Freifeld
Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15 per cent of revenue from sales to China of advanced computer chips like Nvidia’s H20 that are used...

R&D carved out of ‘five pillars’ productivity inquiries

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood has dashed hopes of early reforms to R&D settings through the productivity roundtable process, declaring it a matter for the Strategic Examination of R&D....

Google commits US$1bn for AI training at US universities

Posted on   |  by Kenrick Cai
Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a three-year, $1 billion commitment to provide artificial intelligence training and tools to U.S. higher education institutions and nonprofits. More than 100 universities have...