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BluGlass doubles value of US CHIPS contracts

Sydney-based laser diode manufacturer BluGlass has doubled the value of contracts signed through a United States military semiconductor innovation hub, to develop its technology for quantum computing and artificial...

Platform giants face digital duty of care in Australia

Tech giants like Meta and X face a European-style duty of care to proactively protect Australian users under an Albanese government plan that could produce legislation by the end...

Modest quantum grants arrive as govt outpaces private capital

The first recipients of the Albanese government’s quantum challenge program have been unveiled, with 14 consortia sharing in $5.2 million to explore the technology’s potential for sectors like energy,...

It must finally be time to leave Elon Musk’s X for good

You’ve been thinking about it, been creating excuse after excuse in your mind, justifying how you can leave all the connections you’ve built up. But it has become inexcusable...

Health agency ‘captured’ by Accenture looks to reset

The lone technology supplier for the national health record system “captured” the government agency responsible for it in an arrangement that is taking years to unpick but could be...

PM defends PsiQuantum deal as Queensland review looms

Anthony Albanese has reaffirmed his support for Australia’s $1 billion bet on PsiQuantum and talked up the “enormous advantage” it will give Queensland after the state’s new government said...

R&D shortfall risks our prosperity, says Cannon-Brookes

Australia risks losing out on the future prosperity that artificial intelligence presents by investing “far too little” in research and development, according to software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes. The co-founder...

NSW must appoint a dedicated AI Commissioner

Recently I asked a good friend of mine who works for an artificial intelligence-based company that you’ve almost certainly heard of what questions politicians should be asking about the...

ASCA to focus on long-term AI research partnerships

AI and machine learning is this focus of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s second round of long-term research and development partnerships, which opened to applications on Monday. The Advanced...

Tech Council pushes national R&D investment target

Lifting investment in technology adoption alongside a research and development drive will deliver a $167 billion productivity windfall, according to the Tech Council of Australia, which on Tuesday called...

Energy innovators gain consumer data right carve out

Tweaks to consumer data right rules effective from Tuesday will allow energy companies to shield their trial products for two years from the scheme’s data sharing obligations in a...

Breakthrough puts Trellis Data in the AI fast lane

Local startup Trellis Data claims to have built the world’s fastest AI decoding technique, allowing text to be generated more than three times quicker on popular large language models....