Tag: AI

AI privacy fears ‘unsubstantiated and unwarranted’: SA Police

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
South Australia’s regulatory response to AI must not become the victim of “unsubstantiated and unwarranted” privacy concerns that could hinder important public safety work, the state’s policing agency has...

ARC flags AI disclosure requirements across all projects

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The agency controlling university research grants has flagged potential future requirements for researchers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in post project reviews. Currently the Australian Research Council...

The next wave of cyber-crime scams will be devastating

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Australia is not prepared for the next wave of cyber-crime. Government has yet to implement regulations that would reduce the impact of what is coming. And Australian businesses and...

Toby Walsh calls for investment push on sovereign AI

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is ill-prepared to take advantage of the opportunities being created by artificial intelligence and is not investing sufficiently in sovereign capability to adequately safeguard the national interest, according...

Cathy Foley in Washington: Australia’s quantum opportunity

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Quantum technologies will be as disruptive as the generative artificial intelligence wave that swept the world in the last year, Australia’s chief scientist said on Thursday, while revealing the...

Trust and adoption will fulfill AI’s productivity promise: Husic

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Building trust and adoption of artificial intelligence in Australia would be the focus of the Albanese government’s upcoming regulatory framework, with Industry minister Ed Husic still weighing a risk-based...

Unis ask to go alone on AI rules

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian universities say they are managing the risks of artificial intelligence to academic integrity and the federal government should wait to enforce specific regulations for the technology on the...

Govt grapples with AI impact on competition

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Artificial intelligence is a “different kind” of technology challenge for government, according to assistant minister for competition Dr Andrew Leigh, who will lead a new competition reform push that...

Taskforce created to set public service guardrails for AI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new government taskforce has been tasked with forging a set of guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence in the Australian Public Service, as the Albanese government seeks...