Tag: Google

AI firms should face digital duty of care, senator says

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s proposed digital duty of care should extend to AI companies, according to Labor senator and former AI startup founder Michelle Ananda-Rajah, who has floated a rights-based approach to...

Gig Guide: ACMA appoints ex-Google exec as first AI officer

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s peak media regulator has appointed Google’s former top policy executive Samantha Yorke as its inaugural Chief AI Officer. Ms Yorke joined the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)...

Gig Guide: Ex-Google policy boss lands at Tech Council

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Google Australia’s former policy boss has moved to the tech sector’s lobby group as it sharpens its government relations ahead of new platform rules. Lucinda Longcroft, who spent five...

Defence inks Google deal for ‘air-gapped’ Secret cloud

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Google has signed a potentially lucrative deal to provide Australia’s military with a resilient, fully disconnected hyperscale cloud solution capable of operating through network outages. The multi-year agreement for...

Google cops $55m fine for anti-competitive conduct

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A court has ordered Google Asia Pacific to pay a $55 million fine after the consumer watchdog found it used contracts with Android phone manufacturers and telcos to maintain...

Berkshire reveals new Alphabet stake, sells Apple

Posted on   |  by Jonathan Stempel
Berkshire Hathaway revealed a US$4.3 billion stake in Google parent Alphabet and further reduced its stake in Apple, detailing its equity portfolio for the last time before Warren Buffett...