Tag: artificial intelligence

US bans import of Chinese humanoid robots

Posted on   |  by Alexandra Alper
The Trump administration has unveiled bans that target imports of new Chinese robots and power inverters, seeking to protect the US AI buildout from national security threats and reshore...

Politicians skirt bounds of government AI policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Politicians and their offices are exempt from a key policy governing the use of artificial intelligence across the public sector, exposing a blind spot in Canberra’s push to regulate...

How Australia can add value to its AI build-out

Posted on   |  by Ante Prodan, Jo-An Occhipinti and Roy Green
Like electricity, artificial intelligence is a general-purpose technology. It acquires value from how it is used and applied. It took many decades for electricity to transform our economy and...

China accuses US of ‘AI hegemonism’ over tech theft claims

Posted on   |  by Eduardo Baptista
China’s commerce ministry has accused the United States of “AI hegemonism” and threatened countermeasures after senior US officials said Chinese AI companies could face investigations, sanctions and trade restrictions...

$1bn in a month: Govt’s Microsoft bill skyrockets

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Federal agencies have signed more than $1 billion in new contracts for Microsoft software licences and cloud services in the past 30 days as sweeping multi-year government subscriptions are...

NSW Coalition pledges to protect jobs in AI productivity push

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Productivity-boosting artificial intelligence tools would be “mandated from the top down” within the New South Wales government under new tech reforms proposed by the Coalition. The platform would hand...

AI and data centre laws fast-tracked for early 2027

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New laws forcing data centres to underwrite new clean power supplies and not displace housing supplies will be revealed later this year and introduced in early 2027. The expedited...

Australia can set the standard for AI-era infrastructure

Posted on   |  by Robin Khuda
Listening to the Prime Minister’s address earlier this month, the significance of the moment was clear. Artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure are no longer being treated as narrow technology issues, but rather as national...

The politics of AI is playing catch-up with policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
“We cannot become permanently dependent on foreign technology monopolies for the intelligence that powers our economy… Technology doesn’t come with values. So we must assert our values onto it.”...