Author: Justin Hendry

Australia signs UN cybercrime treaty in Hanoi

Posted on   |  by Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu
A landmark UN cybercrime treaty, aimed at tackling offences that cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually, was signed in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi by around 60 countries over...

Banks, proptechs trial digital ID for rental applications

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Twelve companies will take part in a federal government trial testing how digital identity and open banking platforms can reduce excessive personal information sharing in rental property applications. Local...

New national push to embed AI skills across the VET sector

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
A new national initiative is aiming to accelerate AI skills across Australia’s vocational education and training sector against a backdrop of patchy adoption and growing concern about capability gaps....

Tech mega-deals face shake-up as some fail to deliver value

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the federal government will continue single-sourcing arrangements with tech giants “where they deliver value”, but that some of the deals are falling short. She...

The cost of not publishing AI research

Posted on   |  by Professor Anton van den Hengel
The world’s leading technology companies regularly publish research papers in the top AI conferences as part of their strategy to build global competitive advantage. These companies include AI behemoths...

Australians join global call for AI superintelligence ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australian AI safety activists and academics are among hundreds of signatories of a new open letter demanding a ban on superintelligent AI systems until there is broad consensus they...

SMEs first in line for $2bn in govt tech, consulting contracts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Small and medium-sized businesses will gain priority access to select government technology and consulting contracts worth less than $125,000 under forthcoming changes to procurement rules. But the update will...