Tag: AI

China claims world leadership for AI research

Posted on   |  by Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista
China declared on Thursday that it was now the world leader in R&D for artificial intelligence as well as other key fields such as quantum technology, and has vowed...

The APS is different: Gallagher to avoid AI job cuts

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In a week where large-scale, AI-related job cuts have impacted across the private sector, Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the AI measures so far introduced in the Australian Public...

High energy: Charlton maps AI and data centre ambition

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government says Australia can attract an “outsized share” of global data centre investment and that the boom’s impact on the energy grid can be managed. The assistant...

Firmus locks in hyperscale customer for $73bn AI play

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Firmus Technologies has landed a multi-billion dollar contract with a unnamed hyperscale customer for dedicated AI infrastructure at its Project Southgate facility in Melbourne. The long-term deal with what...

Nearly $200k, 15 months ‘wasted’ on AI adviser search

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Tim Ayres quietly abandoned his predecessor’s search for expert AI advisers last August after the government spent more than $188,000 on a 15 month recruitment process. Newly...

WiseTech to cut 2,000 jobs amid AI-led revamp

Posted on   |  by Sameer Manekar
Australian logistics software firm WiseTech Global plans to lay off about 2,000 people over the next two years, in what could mark one of the largest artificial intelligence-related workforce...

Toby Walsh: Act now on AI or repeat social media mistakes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
One of Australia’s leading AI researchers will use a major address on Wednesday to warn the country is “dangerously unprepared” to capture the upside of artificial intelligence or to...