What the PM’s AI speech actually means for small business
The Prime Minister used a landmark Sydney University address to set the national AI direction. One...
Facial recognition trial scans 130,000 Australians in a week
An AI-powered facial recognition trial captured the faces of more than 130,000 Australians in just one...
Australia’s AI governance funding to lift PNG and the Pacific
Reporting out of Port Moresby says Papua New Guinea and the wider Pacific stand to benefit...
AI resilience looms as the next test after Australia’s rules
An Independent Australia essay argues that writing AI rules is the easy part, and that building...
Local AI developers accuse Labor of sovereign hypocrisy
A Canberra-based developer says the Albanese government preaches sovereign AI while sending its actual spending offshore,...
Australia moves to fence in the government’s own use of AI
As agencies race to embed AI in everything from welfare to border processing, the Commonwealth is...
AI warning for farmers as succession lawyer flags tax risk
A warning at Adelaide's LambEx conference put a spotlight on farmers using AI tools for tax...
Australia’s AI governance gap looms largest in healthcare
A fresh critique argues Australia still lacks the coherent guardrails needed to deploy AI safely, and...
News chiefs accuse AI firms of stealing Australian culture
The heads of Australia's biggest news organisations have accused artificial intelligence companies of scraping local journalism...
AI cameras and smart signs trial to cut Canberra wildlife strikes
A trial on the Monaro Highway is using AI-assisted cameras and smart signs to warn drivers...
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