Tag: artificial intelligence

AI’s economic gains to outweigh its climate toll: IMF

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Artificial intelligence technologies will boost global output by 0.5 per cent a year to 2030, far outweighing the costs of rising carbon emissions from the power-hungry data centres running...

The silence on the digital economy is strange

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If there was $26 billion worth of potential investment in infrastructure for the resources sector on the table and ready to be spent in the next five years, governments...

Husic says AI regulation a priority for re-elected govt

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry minister Ed Husic says the federal government is committed to finalising its risk-based model for regulating AI despite pull-back in the United States and the European Union. In...

AI infrastructure debate needs nuance and consultation

Posted on   |  by Belinda Dennett
With so much global activity, it is both logical and encouraging to see increased recognition of the role and importance of data centres as essential digital infrastructure. Australia has...

Canberra’s AI transparency laggards fall in line

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government agencies that missed a key AI transparency deadline earlier this year have now largely fallen into line, with just two mandatory declarations still outstanding across the public...

Europeans move to supercharge AI capability, ease regulation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The European Union will spend €200 billion (A$366 billion) supercharging its AI development and deployment capabilities, investing in a new generation of AI data centres and relaxing AI regulation....

Taking charge of our digital destiny with sovereign AI

Posted on   |  by Michael Gately
Imagine a future where Australia stands alongside other leaders in artificial intelligence, helping to shape the technology that’s changing our world. A future where we can use AI solutions...