Tag: AI

SmartSat CRC begins $7m autonomous spacecraft project

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre has launched a three-year project to develop autonomous spacecraft technology in the hope of improving the effectiveness of satellite communications and earth observation. The...

NSW Parliament launches inquiry into AI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has been created to examine the use of artificial intelligence in the state, with senior members of the government and opposition increasingly concerned...

Yes, AI could help us fix productivity – but not everything

Posted on   |  by Stefan Hajkowicz and Jon Whittle
Our nation is experiencing its lowest productivity growth in 60 years, according to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia. And this downturn is reflected across most advanced...

Businesses offered crash course on AI ethics

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian organisations are being urged to tighten their use of artificial intelligence with the application of ethics principles ahead of potentially sweeping changes to regulations and standards. The CSIRO’s...

NSW govt to refresh AI framework

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government guide for using artificial intelligence is being refreshed as more agencies implement the technology and user-friendly generative tools obscure the risks from public servants....

Husic wants AI regulation ‘fit for Australian purpose’

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
As the European Union moves to legislate the world’s first Artificial Intelligence Act, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has stressed the need for Australia’s regulatory regime to be...

Landmark AI rules take major step forward in EU

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
World-first artificial intelligence laws have cleared a major hurdle in Europe, with lawmakers agreeing to draft rules that could serve as a model for other countries grappling with the...

No, AI probably won’t kill us all

Posted on   |  by Michael Timothy Bennett
Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go some way towards explaining the...