Tag: AI

CommBank heads offshore in search of AI leadership

Posted on   |  by David McClure
The Commonwealth Bank is heading offshore to get closer to the world leading technology developments – particularly in artificial intelligence – unveiling plans for a dedicated tech hub in...

A Budget with ‘no clear ambition’ on AI: Industry reactions

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s tech sector has reacted with disappointment to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth Budget, saying with the absence of significant new investment in artificial intelligence and the digital economy, the...

Nvidia to open quantum computing lab, CEO Huang says

Posted on   |  by Stephen Nellis
Chip giant Nvidia will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston, where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chief...

Govt knocked back AI plan before last year’s Budget

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A proposed AI investment plan put forward ahead of last year’s federal Budget was knocked back by the government at a time when other developed nations were ramping up...

US data centre boom poses new risk to energy grid operators

Posted on   |  by Tim McLaughlin
Data Centre Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington DC and home to more than 200 data centres, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were...

$17m Swinburne hub opens to advance Australian manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Dozens of researchers and industry partners will work together to inject tools like artificial intelligence and IoT devices into Australian manufacturing operations through a new government-backed hub at Swinburne...