Tag: artificial intelligence

Stepping through: Australia’s sliding door moment on AI

Posted on   |  by Dr Andrew Charlton
In the 1980s and 1990s, Labor governments under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating confronted an uncomfortable reality: Australia could not drift into prosperity. The old economic settings – protection,...

‘Lean Australian’ on AI purchases, Charlton urges business

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Assistant technology minister Andrew Charlton has called on the private sector to choose Australian AI solutions over foreign alternatives, warning that government policy alone cannot sustain the sector. In...

SERD response key to productivity fix, inquiry told

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Rapid reform of the research and development landscape and better-targeted uptake of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence are needed to boost Australia’s flatlining productivity rates, a Canberra inquiry has...

Australians back copyright deal to take part in AI boom

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A majority of Australians would back changes to copyright laws to allow companies like Google, Anthropic and OpenAI to train their models locally, provided creators whose work is used...

Gig Guide: Home Affairs loses tech chief Kovacevic to Austrade

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government’s trade investment agency has poached Home Affairs’ long-serving chief digital officer Radi Kovacevic, as the public service continues to grapple with the internal impact of artificial...