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CSIRO teams with UTS on AI safety standard

The country’s national science agency is moving fast to develop best practice guidance for businesses developing and deploying artificial intelligence, teaming with UTS’s Human Technology Institute and the wider...

Australia’s outsized role in influencing global tech policy

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
“If you control the standards, you control the technology, and if you control the technology, you control the world” – a maxim highlighting Australia’s underestimated influence in global tech...

CSIRO argues the case for local AI foundation models

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Researchers at Australia’s national science agency are “bullish” on the potential productivity gains to be had from developing foundation AI models in Australia, and say that building sovereign capability...

CSIRO scanning tech supporting ISS research

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
CSIRO-designed 3D mapping technology has been sent to the International Space Station, where it will be fitted to its onboard robot assistant. The multi-resolution scanning technology will be used...

CSIRO’s free R&D program opens to critical minerals SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The latest round of CSIRO’s free research and development support service is targeting small to medium-sized enterprises in the critical minerals sector. ‘Innovate to Grow’ is a 10-week program...

Debate the policy, but don’t disparage science: CSIRO

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO chief executive Doug Hilton has publicly defended the integrity of the national science agency and its scientists after Opposition leader Peter Dutton on Tuesday attacked the organisation over...

Australia’s own printed solar cells claim efficiency record

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national science agency has claimed a new efficiency record for “roll-to-roll” printed solar cells, a faster to produce, more flexible and portable alternative to silicon solar cells. The...

Synthetic Biology a $30bn bright spot for Australia

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The economic windfall of synthetic biology in Australia has been upgraded to $30 billion by the national science agency and its venture fund after investment flooded into research and...