Tag: AI

Software companies fight fears that AI will kill them

Posted on   |  by Aditya Soni
Oracle’s Mike Sicilia is the latest software CEO to wade in to the debate on whether artificial intelligence tools that heavily automate human tasks will mean the demise of...

New ‘ride-through’ rules target data centre grid risk

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Data centres would be forced to stay connected to the grid during disturbances under proposed changes aimed at preventing the cascading blackouts that could drive up the cost of...

Atlassian to cut roughly 1,600 jobs in pivot to AI

Posted on   |  by Jaspreet Singh
Atlassian plans to lay off around 10 per cent of its workforce, or 1,600 employees, to push into artificial intelligence and enterprise sales. Shares of the enterprise software company...

Anthropic set to open Australian office in Sydney

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Anthropic is set to open its Australian office in Sydney within weeks, as the OpenAI rival accelerates its push into the Asia-Pacific region amid surging demand for its Claude...

Toby Walsh: Can Australia meet the AI moment?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is not enough for Australia to rely on the business sector to drive AI investment, according to UNSW scientia professor Toby Walsh. For Australia to take full advantage...

Anthropic sues Pentagon over blacklisting

Posted on   |  by Jack Queen
Anthropic has filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes battle with the US military over...

AI Accelerator CRC dollars won’t arrive until 2028

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The only new industry-facing research funding in last year’s National AI Plan will sit locked away until 2028, raising fresh questions about the government’s commitment to the technology. Announced...

UK urged to follow Australia’s lead on AI data mining

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The UK government should follow Australia’s lead and reject a text and data mining (TDM) exception for AI companies, a UK parliamentary report has recommended, finding little evidence the exceptions...

A new favourite Canuck and a 5-year plan in Beijing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
China’s National People’s Congress is now underway, a session that will outline its 15th five-year plan, for 2026-30. Without surprise, the focus is on artificial intelligence, robotics (or embodied...