Tag: AI

US to take cut of Nvidia, AMD chip sales to China

Posted on   |  by Karen Freifeld
Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15 per cent of revenue from sales to China of advanced computer chips like Nvidia’s H20 that are used...

R&D carved out of ‘five pillars’ productivity inquiries

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood has dashed hopes of early reforms to R&D settings through the productivity roundtable process, declaring it a matter for the Strategic Examination of R&D....

Google commits US$1bn for AI training at US universities

Posted on   |  by Kenrick Cai
Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a three-year, $1 billion commitment to provide artificial intelligence training and tools to U.S. higher education institutions and nonprofits. More than 100 universities have...

Canberra urged to unify AI policy sprawl

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government’s fragmented artificial intelligence efforts like business adoption, regulation and productivity would be unified in a national AI strategy and overseen by Cabinet ministers under a proposal being...

PC wants stay on AI rules to unlock $116bn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
AI will add $116 billion to the Australian economy over the next decade by making workers more productive, according to the Productivity Commission, which has urged the government to...

Scott Farquhar is wrong: Sovereignty demands home-grown AI

Posted on   |  by Simon Kriss
In his National Press Club address last week, Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council of Australia Chair Scott Farquhar outlined an ambitious future for artificial intelligence in Australia grounded in...