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Australia proposes mandatory guardrails for AI

The Albanese government has proposed ten mandatory guardrails for artificial intelligence in high-risk settings as it moves to curb dangers posed by the nascent technology. A standalone Artificial Intelligence...

Government faces ANAO scrutiny over PsiQuantum deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The national audit office has flagged a potential review of the federal government’s use of specialist investment vehicles in the wake of its controversial deal with Californian quantum startup PsiQuantum....

PsiQuantum offers path back from lost Intel deal: Husic

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia missed out on bringing Intel to Australia in the 1990s, but it now has an opportunity to secure access to a frontier technology through PsiQuantum, according to Industry...

Green metals advisory panel appointed

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A seven-member advisory group has been set up by the federal government to advise on industry policy for decarbonising iron, steel, alumina and aluminium production. The board, which met...

Up to 500 jobs to go at CSIRO’s enterprise arm

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO will cut up to 500 staff from its enterprise services arm as part of restructure designed to reduce labour and operating costs by $100...

STEM diversity programs reshaped for new push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s reshaped funding package for STEM diversity was laid out for the first time on Tuesday, revealing long-term extensions and tweaks to several programs but the end...

Feelgood National Science Priorities are fit for Fantasy Island

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
When science and research organisations dependent upon government funding released press releases this week enthusiastically cheering the new National Science Priorities, Realpolitech, like many other industry players, wondered if...

New govt AI use policy mandates accountability

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Defence and national intelligence agencies have been carved out of the first policy for responsible use of AI by government, which launched on Thursday to engender trust in the...

Net zero, Indigenous knowledge get science priorities boost

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia has new national science and research priorities for the first time in nearly a decade after the Albanese government settled on net zero technologies, community health, indigenous knowledge...