Tag: AI

French media file competition complaint over Google AI summaries

Posted on   |  by Inti Landauro
A French press association has asked the country’s competition watchdog to take action against Google’s artificial intelligence-generated article summaries, which the trade group says deprive newspapers and magazines of...

How Malinauskas will drive the national AI agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas had a room full of tech policy experts scratching their heads on Monday as they digested his plan to conduct a Royal Commission into...

Canberra’s six-week Microsoft splurge nears $2bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government Microsoft contracts are closing in on $2 billion in less than two months, with dozens more agencies signing on to new multi-year contracts under the latest iteration...

Why Canberra’s legacy technology shift can’t rely on AI

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
As Canberra looks to artificial intelligence for a generational legacy technology shift, experts warn public sector leaders need to be clear eyed about a technology that hasn’t lived up...

Roy Green’s middle power path to AI and productivity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation system expert Roy Green says Australia should lean into its trade and research relationships with other middle power nations to mitigate an economic reliance on China, and a...

Net zero’s fine print is where the real work begins

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Net zero has become one of the most repeated phrases in Australian public life. It appears in policy papers, corporate strategies, investment mandates and speeches about the nation’s future.  But once...

UK open to AI regulation if voluntary safeguards fall short

Posted on   |  by Paul Sandle
Britain would consider regulating advanced AI models if its current voluntary system for testing them before deployment no longer proved sufficient to protect the public, according to AI minister...

NT and Qld split from PM’s green data centre plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Northern Territory has joined Queensland in opposing national rules for data centres and AI companies that would force them to offset their electricity demand by investing in additional...