Tag: Microsoft

Tech giant Microsoft exits quantum research in Australia

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Technology giant Microsoft will exit quantum computing research in Australia, confirming a plan to close its facility at the University of Sydney and to consolidate the company’s quantum efforts...

AI boom driving a surge in carbon emissions

Posted on   |  by Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry
Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence applications. According to one estimate, the...

Prime Ministers’ former advisers surface at Microsoft

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Microsoft is loading up on policy and political expertise, including hiring the Prime Minister’s former media director and a one-time Tech Council head of policy as the US giant...

Services Aus finally enlists in APS Copilot trial

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Services Australia has begun piloting Microsoft Copilot with staff just weeks before the federal government is slated to wrap up its six-month trial of the generative artificial intelligence tool....

AI tsar, taxes needed to capture tech’s public good

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Policy experts are calling for a new Artificial Intelligence Commissioner to combat Australia’s “over reliance” on foreign tech firms responsible for almost all the innovation and production behind tools...

Cost of APS-wide Microsoft Copilot trial grows

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A six-month trial of Microsoft Copilot across the federal government has surpassed the $1.2 million it was originally costed at and could grow higher still as more users sign...

ASD plugs Microsoft intel into cyber threat platform

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Global cyber threat intel from Microsoft will feed directly into the federal government’s threat intelligence sharing platform at machine speed in a move designed to boost Australia’s cyber defences....