Tag: AI

Buckle up: The AI genie is out of the bottle

Posted on   |  by Dr Ian Oppermann
We have largely been taken by surprise by the tremendous advances in capability of the latest Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI. Across domains from music and art...

Authors and artists take the fight to Big Tech on AI

Posted on   |  by Chris Griffith
Professional associations covering artists, authors and publishers have hit out at calls by big tech firms for Australia to water down its copyright law, and to allow for cheap...

AI, cyber and accessibility to shape new NSW digital strategy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales Digital Government minister on Wednesday said artificial intelligence, cyber, digital credentials and inclusion would be the core themes of a new digital strategy being prepared...

Online Safety Act changes target child safety and AI

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Amendments to the Online Safety Act are incoming, as government begins consultation on proposed reforms to the Basic Online Safety Expectations which include new measures related to child safety,...

Govt puts Microsoft in AI ‘driver’s seat’ ahead of locals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Prime Minister’s announcement that he was handing Microsoft a government trial of its generative artificial intelligence just hours before consultations with local industry on the technology has triggered...

Govt to deploy Microsoft AI across the Public Service

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia will be one of the first countries in the world to deploy generative artificial intelligence across a national public service, with the Prime Minister announcing a partnership with...

Inquiry urges SA govt to build sovereign AI capability

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A South Australian parliamentary inquiry has backed calls to develop sovereign artificial intelligence capability to ensure the state can reap the economic benefits of the emerging technology and mitigate...

$18m for emerging tech research at unis, Data61

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
CSIRO’s Data61 has commissioned research projects from five universities into the use of emerging technologies to improve health and safety outcomes at potentially dangerous worksites. Prototype projects will be...

After Robodebt: Govt pledges new regime for automated decisions

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Automated decision-making will come under greater scrutiny in the wake of Robodebt, with the federal government pledging to new oversight arrangements for automation in service delivery while it contemplates...