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Anthropic sues Pentagon over blacklisting

Anthropic has filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes battle with the US military over...

AI Accelerator CRC dollars won’t arrive until 2028

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The only new industry-facing research funding in last year’s National AI Plan will sit locked away until 2028, raising fresh questions about the government’s commitment to the technology. Announced...

Gig Guide: Australia gets its first pro vice chancellor of AI

Posted on   |  by David Allen
LaTrobe University has appointed Australia’s first academic vice-chancellor devoted to artificial intelligence, describing the role as a landmark for higher education. The Melbourne-based university on Thursday announced Phil Laufenberg...

A new favourite Canuck and a 5-year plan in Beijing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
China’s National People’s Congress is now underway, a session that will outline its 15th five-year plan, for 2026-30. Without surprise, the focus is on artificial intelligence, robotics (or embodied...

Mark Carney makes the case for sovereign capability

Posted on   |  by James Riley
At a time when the Australian government seems reluctant to talk about ‘sovereign’ capability as it applies to data centres and AI, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has gone...

Up to 20,000 public servants to join GovAI trials

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Tens of thousands of bureaucrats will participate in trials of a generative artificial intelligence chatbot this year as part of the federal government’s plans to lift tech capability within...

High energy: Charlton maps AI and data centre ambition

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government says Australia can attract an “outsized share” of global data centre investment and that the boom’s impact on the energy grid can be managed. The assistant...

Firmus locks in hyperscale customer for $73bn AI play

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Firmus Technologies has landed a multi-billion dollar contract with a unnamed hyperscale customer for dedicated AI infrastructure at its Project Southgate facility in Melbourne. The long-term deal with what...

WiseTech to cut 2,000 jobs amid AI-led revamp

Posted on   |  by Sameer Manekar
Australian logistics software firm WiseTech Global plans to lay off about 2,000 people over the next two years, in what could mark one of the largest artificial intelligence-related workforce...