Tag: artificial intelligence

Tasmania looks to tech uplift to ease budget pain

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Tasmania will attempt to offset broad public sector staff and spending cuts with an ongoing $61 million digital uplift, including a $4 million artificial intelligence sandbox, announced in an...

Govt must rise to the AI biosecurity threat, experts warn

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A new federal taskforce overseeing synthetic biology and artificial intelligence is a welcome step, but Australia remains dangerously ill-equipped to handle the technology’s biosecurity threats, experts have warned. Former...

Qld govt funds lure Vic innovators north

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Investments from the Queensland government’s venture capital and sovereign industry accelerator funds have persuaded two Victorian firms to expand north, locking in more than 150 new jobs from high-tech...

Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI

Posted on   |  by Deepa Seetharaman, Jonathan Stempel and Greg Bensinger
A US jury has ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable to the world’s richest person for having allegedly strayed...

Food manufacturing report gets late, lite govt response

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Albanese government has delayed decisions on productivity-boosting innovation precincts and manufacturing facilities in its overdue response to a parliamentary inquiry into the food and beverage sector that contains...

Buy Australian campaign must first target Canberra

Posted on   |  by James Riley
This week the federal government is asking Australians to buy Australian-made products as part of the annual Buy Australian Week. Local technology companies would prefer that the federal government...

Clouds clearing: CSIRO shifts compute to the edge for AI

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The CSIRO on Monday unveiled its Australian-first edge infrastructure for artificial intelligence, offering users in Brisbane faster on site processing for real world testing of robotics and “a different...