Author: Justin Hendry

The pause AI movement is remarkable, but won’t work

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
The open letter calling for an immediate six-month pause in the AI development arms race and signed by more than 1600 tech luminaries, researchers and responsible technology advocates under...

Data61 puts AI ethics into practice

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
After developing an artificial intelligence ethics framework long before the likes of ChatGPT and BARD, efforts are afoot at the data arm of Australia’s national science agency to help...

Govt brings digital Medicare cards to myGov

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australians now have the option of adding a digital Medicare card with anti-fraud features to the myGov app, as the federal government continues works to integrate the card into...

NSW ministers get interim Industry, Digital duties

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Premier Chris Minns has placed interim responsibility for the portfolios of Industry and Digital in New South Wales at the centre of the new Labor government while the full...

Ministers agree to take national approach on critical minerals

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australian governments have united in support of critical minerals, with mineral-rich states and territories agreeing to make the development of the sector a “national priority” following calls from industry...

Pezzullo says data localisation will benefit local sector

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo says data localisation requirements currently under consideration by the federal government could prove fruitful for the local data storage and processing sector in Australia....

Top bureaucrats mull NSW-like digital fund for Canberra

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A panel of Canberra’s most senior bureaucrats are weighing an investment vehicle modelled on the New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund to support federal digital projects outside of...