Author: Justin Hendry

Defence seeks investor interest in dual-use technology fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department is seeking interest from private investors in partnering with the government to fund local dual-use companies, after startups warned of a fatal funding gap in Australia....

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

Posted on   |  by Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry
Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence applications. According to one estimate, the...

Government bows to pressure on digital ID hosting

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has bowed to pressure from the technology and banking lobbies and scrubbed rules that would prevent data from the nation’s digital identity scheme being hosted outside...

How to get the consumer data right back on track

Posted on   |  by Aaron Violi
The consumer data right, or CDR, is a pioneering economic reform that gives consumers the ability to safely share the data Australian businesses hold about them for their own...

Why Australia shouldn’t pursue sovereign AI

Posted on   |  by Susan Aaronson
Australia and the United States have been close allies for over a century and have similar views about how to develop, deploy, and govern artificial intelligence. Researchers in the...

Opposition demands detail on EFA role in PsiQuantum deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal Opposition has demanded that government explain its use of Australia’s export credit agency to bankroll Cailfornia startup PsiQuantum’s plans to build the world’s first fault-tolerant quantum computer....

US-Australia space treaty go for launch

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s space treaty with the United States will be ratified and come into force later this year after winning broad support from lawmakers during a five-month parliamentary inquiry. A...