Tag: Productivity Commission

Chalmers directs PC to probe barriers to startup growth

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A new inquiry targeting regulations potentially blunting the growth of startups has been launched off the back of Tuesday’s budget, as the federal government eyes billions in productivity gains...

AI data mining: PC hops back on the copyright fence

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Productivity Commission has cooled on its controversial proposal to amend copyright law so AI models can more easily train on Australian content, recommending the government bide its time...

Govt weighs copyright reforms after AI training backlash

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government is weighing copyright reforms that would force tech giants like OpenAI and Google to compensate Australian creators whose work is used to train AI models. Clearer...

The P-word lives on after ‘Canberra Coachella’

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
It’s been two months since the “Canberra Coachella” of economic policy drew bureaucrats, business leaders and other thinkers into the same room to talk about the “P-word” everyone knows...

Senators hammer PC’s copyright attack on creative industries

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The Productivity Commission has come under heavy fire in a Senate hearing over its interim report on artificial intelligence and copyright, with senators accusing the agency of abandoning Australia’s...

AI won’t drive productivity without targeted govt policy

Posted on   |  by Dr Marina Yue Zhang
Productivity Commission chief Danielle Wood is right to describe artificial intelligence as a “general-purpose technology” in the mold of electricity, the internal combustion engine, or the internet. Where she...