Tag: Microsoft

AI-driven EdChat goes statewide in SA schools

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
South Australia will roll out its homegrown generative AI tool, EdChat, to every public high school student from next term, making it the first mover on generative AI for...

Australia’s data centre boom is built on vague water plans

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
Authorities in Sydney approved construction of data centres without requiring measurable plans to cut water use, raising concerns the sector’s rapid growth will leave residents competing for the resource....

OpenAI wins Microsoft support for for-profit pivot

Posted on   |  by Krystal Hu and Stephen Nellis
Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding deal for new relationship terms that would allow OpenAI to proceed to restructure itself into a for-profit company, marking a new phase...

Urgent reform needed to close future skills gap

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia could face a shortfall of 250,000 workers across the finance, technology and business sectors by 2030, according to Future Skills Organisation (FSO) chief executive Patrick Kidd. Speaking on...

Microsoft and AWS are hurting cloud competition, UK says

Posted on   |  by Paul Sandle
The dominant position of Amazon and Microsoft in cloud computing is harming competition, with their impact exacerbated by technical and commercial barriers to switching, an inquiry group from Britain’s...

Chinese hackers may have found SharePoint flaws via alert

Posted on   |  by Juby Babu
Microsoft is investigating whether a leak from its early alert system for cybersecurity companies allowed Chinese hackers to exploit flaws in its SharePoint service before they were patched, according...