Tag: artificial intelligence

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

Posted on   |  by Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry
Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence applications. According to one estimate, the...

Why Australia shouldn’t pursue sovereign AI

Posted on   |  by Susan Aaronson
Australia and the United States have been close allies for over a century and have similar views about how to develop, deploy, and govern artificial intelligence. Researchers in the...

AI models riding roughshod over privacy

Posted on   |  by Katharine Kemp
Photos of Australian children have been used without consent to train artificial intelligence models that generate images. A new report from the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch has found...

NSW waters down government AI risk regime

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government has tweaked its AI guidance for public servants and will now require that only systems with high levels of residual risk undergo external review....

Call for sovereign AI fund to attract investment

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia is being urged to follow Canada’s lead and create a sovereign fund to stimulate private investment in domestic AI capabilities, with one of the world’s largest consulting firms...

OpenAI’s deal with News Corp: What it means

Posted on   |  by T.J. Thomson & James Meese
OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, and News Corp, the international media conglomerate, have signed a deal that will let OpenAI use and learn from News Corp’s content. In practical...

Medical research fund backs AI with $30m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Researchers will develop artificial intelligence that detects melanomas, treats youth mental health and brings down the cost of radiotherapy with $30 million in medical research grants. Health minister Mark...

Ministers unveil national AI framework for government

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new set of guardrails that lays out clear human rights expectations for the use of artificial intelligence across federal, state and territory government for the first time has...