Tag: AI

Govt knocked back AI plan before last year’s Budget

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A proposed AI investment plan put forward ahead of last year’s federal Budget was knocked back by the government at a time when other developed nations were ramping up...

US data centre boom poses new risk to energy grid operators

Posted on   |  by Tim McLaughlin
Data Centre Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington DC and home to more than 200 data centres, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were...

$17m Swinburne hub opens to advance Australian manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Dozens of researchers and industry partners will work together to inject tools like artificial intelligence and IoT devices into Australian manufacturing operations through a new government-backed hub at Swinburne...

Manus AI partners with tech giant Alibaba’s Qwen team

Posted on   |  by Eduardo Baptista, Gu Li and Brenda Goh
China’s Manus AI has announced a strategic partnership with the team behind tech giant Alibaba’s Qwen AI models, a move that could bolster the artificial intelligence startup’s roll-out of...

Dozens of agencies miss major AI transparency deadline

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Shortage of AI skills has put a handbrake on AI adoption

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Surging demand for artificial intelligence expertise and a scarcity of talent had created a yawning skills gap in Australia that is hindering companies’ ability to implement generative AI systems....