Tag: National AI Capability Plan

Beyond the hype: Australia’s pragmatic path to AI

Posted on   |  by Mike Bareja and Helen Zhang
Artificial intelligence has begun its descent from its hype peak. The breathless talk of super-intelligence and job wipe-outs is yielding to a sober reality now. Even OpenAI chief executive...

Tim Ayres signals ‘more expansive’ national AI strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s National AI Capability Plan will tackle a broader array of issues than originally envisaged when it is released later this year, federal Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres...

Fintech’s $22b impact sparks push for smarter regulation

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia’s fintech industry is entering what its leaders describe as a pivotal moment, as new Deloitte research putting the sector’s contribution at more than $22 billion annually — around...

Leadership on AI skills will be key to economic impact

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia has a unique opportunity to be a leader in the global AI economy with skills development treated as a national economic imperative, according to one of the government’s...

The silence on the digital economy is strange

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If there was $26 billion worth of potential investment in infrastructure for the resources sector on the table and ready to be spent in the next five years, governments...

Europeans move to supercharge AI capability, ease regulation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The European Union will spend €200 billion (A$366 billion) supercharging its AI development and deployment capabilities, investing in a new generation of AI data centres and relaxing AI regulation....