Tag: artificial intelligence

Aussie AI company Faethm acquired by British education giant

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
High flying Australian artificial intelligence startup Faethm has been acquired by British education giant Pearson less than four years after it was launched in Sydney. Faethm provides data, insights...

Former IBM research veteran to lead new RMIT AI centre

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Juerg von Kaenel will head a newly launched RMIT University Centre for Industrial AI Research and Innovation after a 36-year career at IBM where he most recently built its local...

AI is a fundamental shift, not a passing fad

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a fundamental change across society and cannot be treated as a trend that will pass us by in a couple of years, according to Digital...

AI recognised as inventor in landmark case

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An Australian Court has ruled that a machine can be named as the inventor of a patent. The world-first decision answers a key legal question being tested in several...

Govt wary of over-regulating AI: Jane Hume

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government is wary of over-regulating new technologies such as artificial intelligence and will resist making ethics standards and codes mandatory for Australian businesses, Digital Economy minister Jane Hume...

AgriTech policy: On innovation and migration

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Australia has a well-earned reputation for innovation in agricultural technology. What comes next might be a surprising link of innovation and migration policy. Australia has been a nation of...

Govt technology procurement is a ‘vulnerability’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The procurement process is a key point of weakness in the government’s development and use of emerging technologies, and human rights need to be better considered in this process,...

HRC calls for an AI Safety Commissioner

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government should establish an AI Safety Commissioner and halt the use of facial recognition and algorithms in important decision-making until adequate protections are in place,  the Australian...

Proof will be in the pudding on AI: Husic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has given a lukewarm welcome to Scott Morrison’s modest commitment to a National Artificial Intelligence Centre but says government must get past announcements and onto delivery. Shadow industry minister Ed Husic...
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