Tag: artificial intelligence

States back AI laws as PM agrees to relax energy rules

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Anthony Albanese has agreed to relax energy rules for data centres in planned national AI laws, allowing states and territories with publicly-owned electricity networks to tap “surplus” fossil fuel...

Charlton says AI standards months in the making

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Assistant technology minister Andrew Charlton says the federal government has been developing a set of mandatory AI standards for at least the last five months, with the groundwork dating...

UK, Ukraine sign AI pact linked to battlefield data

Posted on   |  by Sam Tabahriti
Britain has signed a partnership with Ukraine to jointly develop artificial intelligence tools for defence and security, giving British researchers access to a Ukrainian battlefield data platform used to...

Hastie seeks bipartisan push on Albo’s national AI effort

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Senior opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie has flagged Coalition support for federal regulation of artificial intelligence if it helps to secure a domestic technological advantage as the US and China...

How a student uncovered a rogue AI hacking attempt

Posted on   |  by Leo Marchandon, Raphael Satter and Callaghan O’Hare
Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle of wits with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a...

FMiA already reshaping industry aid: Productivity Commission

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Industry assistance has swung towards targeted support at the expense of broad-based programs since the arrival of the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia (FMiA) agenda, the Productivity Commission...