Tag: USSC

Australia must find its place in the global AI economy

Posted on   |  by Helen Zhang
The global AI race is fully taking shape. Billions have been invested by leading frontier AI developers like OpenAI in the United States and Huawei in China. Beyond Washington...

Call to pump private capital into Defence tech system

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Governments must be more strategic with the $27 billion on offer to defence businesses in Australia, including opening up its new industry accelerator, according to a new report that...

AUSMIN and the Indo-Pacific’s digital future

Posted on   |  by Claire McFarland & Brendan Thomas-Noone
The response to COVID-19 is having a transformational effect on the use of digital technologies in Australia, the United States and many other parts of the world. But the...

Entrepreneurial surge is a silver lining

Posted on   |  by Claire McFarland
Most of the politics of the pandemic have pitted health outcomes against the economy. In health terms, Australia is doing well in avoiding the full brunt of the global...

On the Defense Production Act and ResMed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act as a response to coronavirus in early April it provided a stark acknowledgement of supply-chain gaps not only in the...

Tough lessons of the bionic eye

Posted on   |  by James Riley
‘Australia punches above its weight’. It’s a claim guaranteed to increase my blood pressure. As a science writer and broadcaster, last with The Australian, I appreciated the quality and...

Hard questions on soft skills

Posted on   |  by Andrew Herrmann
Technology is rapidly reshaping the workplace, bringing demand for new skills. But the skills that will define successful future workers have always been integral. As many of the routine...