Tag: NSW

NSW govt AI, ‘COPS’ upgrade face audits

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government’s use of artificial intelligence is atop the state audit office’s work program this year, with whole of government policies for the technology and individual agency deployments...

NSW procurement reforms slow out of the blocks

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Changes to how NSW government agencies must use local suppliers or at least justify why not have hit early hurdles, while other procurement reforms promised more than two years...

NSW tightens tap for MVP Ventures grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
NSW’s popular startup grant program will open next month with much tighter rules, closer ties to the state’s industry policy and a dedicated stream for female-owned, Indigenous and regional...

NSW moves to outlaw sexually explicit deepfakes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New South Wales has become the latest state to move to prohibit the creation and distribution of sexually explicit deepfakes in response to the significant increase in image-based abuse....

Tech Central ‘must continue to grow’: Chanthivong

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW innovation minister Anoulack Chanthivong says moving the popular Sydney Startup Hub to Tech Central will give startups new opportunities to scale ideas and build world-class research links. In...

NSW to top up game development rebates in Budget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
State government support for video game developers in NSW will be topped up in the Budget as part of a $380 million package for the screen and digital games...

Call for AI inventories as tech sprawls across universities

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Artificial intelligence is being deployed across NSW universities without central oversight, policies or strategies, leaving several institutions without a “complete understanding” of their use, a new audit has revealed....

NSW Opposition joins call for data centre push

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW Opposition has called on the Minns government to put the state’s digital infrastructure at the heart of its productivity drive with better planning policies or a formal...