Tag: AI

Standards Australia checks into AI

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Standards Australia has called for national feedback on setting standards for the application of artificial intelligence technologies in Australia, as part of the release of a new discussion paper....

Labor AI centre set for Melbourne

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor’s planned $4 million national centre of excellence for artificial intelligence will be based in Melbourne, with the Opposition turning its attention towards using technology for social good. Labor...

Thodey reveals APS interim report

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Automation and artificial intelligence present “compelling opportunities” for the Australian public sector to deliver better services to the public, but internal skills gaps need to be addressed urgently, the...

Executive Order: Trump on AI

Posted on   |  by James Riley
I totally get that Donald Trump is a doofus and that every single thing he ever says or does is either stupid or evil, and undoubtedly wrong. So how...

War of words on the AI front

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As if anyone needed reminding that a federal election looms, a war of words has broken out between the offices of Industry Minister Karen Andrews and shadow human services...

Labor confronts AI underspending

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s National Conference has formally adopted into its platform a significantly boosted policy profile for artificial intelligence, committing a future Shorten government to the development of new AI capability...

Putting AI on the policy agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Artificial Intelligence ethical and legal frameworks, together with the struggle for local industry growth, were all key talking points at the AI Policy Strategy Session (PDF) held as part of...

We must move rapidly on AI

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian organisations need to move more rapidly into using artificial intelligence applications to automate and augment manual processes, as well as skilling up an AI workforce as the technology...

Labor pledges $3m for AI centre

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal opposition has pledged $3 million for the creation of a new Artificial Intelligence not-for-profit research centre that would focus on issues of ethics and the future of...