Eight months into the leadership role at Services Australia, David Hazlehurst says the agency doesn’t need to be at “nosebleed cutting edge” of AI innovation when successful practices can...
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Australia’s corporate regulator is suing the ASX over its bungled Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS) replacement project, alleging it misled the market by announcing the project was on...
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The federal government’s new Trust Exchange will allow digital credentials to be stored in any digital wallet, replacing an earlier plan to bring drivers licences to the myGov platform....
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Australia’s competition watchdog has uncovered another secret deal for Google search engine exclusivity on Android devices, this time with the country’s third biggest telco TPG. TPG has agreed to...
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Australia and Vietnam are deepening their AgTech innovation ties through $1.45 million in grants for three new university and Vietnamese government collaborations. Funded through the CSIRO-managed Aus4Innovation Program, the...
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Accenture will be paid more than half a million dollars a day for the next two years by the federal government to supply contractors for the digital transformation of...
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Universities are struggling to find technical AI and data science experts to fill scholarships reserved for domestic students, putting their CSIRO funding commitments at risk of being rescinded. The...
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On Tuesday, a US federal judge ruled Google has violated antitrust laws, the organisation “is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly“. Google disputes...
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In the world of artificial intelligence, a battle is underway. On one side are companies that believe in keeping the datasets and algorithms behind their advanced software private and...
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A plan to share digital credentials across state boundaries is moving forward after a hiatus, with federal and NSW government service delivery agencies completing a “rapid discovery exercise” to...
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Social media giants are “dragging their heels” on scams, Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said on Wednesday while outlining new obligations to prevent scams and compensate victims. Mr Jones told...
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Leonardo.AI, the Australian developer of a rapidly growing generative AI art platform, will be acquired by graphic design giant Canva for an undisclosed sum. Although only launched in December 2022,...
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Meta, Google, X and other tech giants on Friday committed to a new industry code to tackle online scams, getting in front of the regulator’s push for a new...
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AI disinformation in local communities may pose a more significant threat than Taylor Swift deepfakes or Biden robocalls, subtly undermining societal trust where it’s most vulnerable. “Especially so in...