Tag: AI

Australian experts want AI regulator, investigation of failures

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The democratisation of high-risk artificial intelligence warrants global policy, a dedicated national regulator and a “black box” approach to forensically review failures, according to Australian experts. The public access...

$16m innovation challenge to build bushfire resilience

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $16 million innovation competition co-designed by the Minderoo Foundation has been launched by global not-for-profit XPRIZE to drive development of bushfire detection and rapid response technologies. The...

Google wants copyright law changed for AI data mining

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s copyright laws are stifling innovation by not affording tech companies exceptions to mine websites for information when developing artificial intelligence tools, according to Google. The position, outlined in...

Shorten backs ‘ethical’ automation for NDIS assessments

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Government Services minister Bill Shorten has called for the greater use of data and automation in National Disability Insurance Scheme assessments as long as an “ethical framework” is in...

Australia’s biggest subsea robotics centre opens in Perth

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
AI robotics innovator Advanced Navigation has unveiled what it says is Australia’s largest subsea robotics centre to accelerate production of its “breakthrough” underwater navigation and robotic technologies. The company,...

Regulation is the New New Thing in tech

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Tech in the 2020’s is a fascinating and complex beast. Innovation is still a key driver of its insatiable appetites, as we see in real time by the new...

AI software firm Fivecast closes $30m Series A

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian software startup Fivecast on Tuesday announced it had closed its AU$30 million Series A. The round, led by US cyber investment firm Ten Eleven, which counts Malcolm Turnbull...

The pause AI movement is remarkable, but won’t work

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
The open letter calling for an immediate six-month pause in the AI development arms race and signed by more than 1600 tech luminaries, researchers and responsible technology advocates under...