Tag: artificial intelligence

Call for sovereign AI fund to attract investment

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia is being urged to follow Canada’s lead and create a sovereign fund to stimulate private investment in domestic AI capabilities, with one of the world’s largest consulting firms...

OpenAI’s deal with News Corp: What it means

Posted on   |  by T.J. Thomson & James Meese
OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, and News Corp, the international media conglomerate, have signed a deal that will let OpenAI use and learn from News Corp’s content. In practical...

Medical research fund backs AI with $30m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Researchers will develop artificial intelligence that detects melanomas, treats youth mental health and brings down the cost of radiotherapy with $30 million in medical research grants. Health minister Mark...

Ministers unveil national AI framework for government

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new set of guardrails that lays out clear human rights expectations for the use of artificial intelligence across federal, state and territory government for the first time has...

ANU’s problem-solving spinout wins AI Sprint

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An ANU spinout that uses AI to breakdown complex business and policy problems beat out almost 200 other startups on Thursday to claim top prize at Australia’s inaugural AI...

Google forecasts Australia’s AI opportunity at $290b in 2030

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Artificial intelligence could add $280 billion of economic, cyber and environmental benefits to Australia in 2030 according to Google, which has unveiled its analysis as the Albanese government considers...

Labor and Coalition are two cheeks of the same arse on IT

Posted on   |  by James Riley
To paraphrase a line from British politician George Galloway, when it comes to building Australian capability in the information technology sector, the Coalition and Labor are two cheeks of...