Tag: AI

Govt’s ‘AI Action Plan’ is lacking action

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Funding for Australia’s ‘AI Action Plan’ remains locked up in the Industry department nearly a year after it was announced, with a key business group pressing the government to...

Main Sequence investment brings US robots firm to Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
CSIRO’s innovation fund Main Sequence Ventures has led a $39 million investment into RIOS Intelligent Machines which will see the US-based AI factory robots firm come to Australian shores....

Aussie AI company Faethm acquired by British education giant

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
High flying Australian artificial intelligence startup Faethm has been acquired by British education giant Pearson less than four years after it was launched in Sydney. Faethm provides data, insights...

AI is a fundamental shift, not a passing fad

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a fundamental change across society and cannot be treated as a trend that will pass us by in a couple of years, according to Digital...

AI recognised as inventor in landmark case

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An Australian Court has ruled that a machine can be named as the inventor of a patent. The world-first decision answers a key legal question being tested in several...

Santow to lead UTS responsible tech unit

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner Ed Santow will lead a University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ‘responsible technology’ initiative focused on AI when he steps down from his role at the...