Artificial intelligence
AI hype has shifted from sci-fi panic to old-fashioned bubble speculation. With Australia hoping to hitch a ride on the data centre boom, the future is looking uncertain and very expensive.
The USD500 billion startup has previously advocated for more data centres and a national upskilling program.
The Australian Recording Industry Association and other creative groups will front a Senate committee on Tuesday to oppose changes to copyright law to aid AI platforms.
In late July Tech Council of Australia chair Scott Farquhar called for weakened copyright laws. Only weeks earlier, Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht sang a different tune.
Only 27% of ASX 200 companies have disclosed AI activity, according to new research from Matt Vitale’s New Dialogue, compared with 90% of the Fortune 500.
Atlassian’s $1.5 billion acquisition of DX shows how the company is pushing to stay important in the AI era, as new tools change how software development gets done.
Chalmers will meet Jason Kwon in Sydney as Australia vies to host major AI infrastructure following the USD300 billion startup's 'Stargate UK' investment announcement.
Queensland’s new AI guidelines hint courts may take a softer stance on chatbot use, though litigants risk costs if affidavits or citations go wrong.
The brothers who co-founded IREN sold one million shares each as the data centre and Bitcoin mining company hit fresh highs.
Copyright controversies didn't get a mention during Scott Farquhar’s National Tech Summit panel. But he did urge Australia to back digital embassies and data centres.
OpenAI has called its latest LLM a "significant leap in intelligence". Salesforce's chief of AI research Silvio Savarese told Capital Brief he isn't so sure.
Co-founder Alex Zaccaria says AI can cut admin and dramatically speed up product development — and assures that no job cuts will follow.
OpenAI is splashing eye-watering sums on chips and cloud, and with its leaders set to descend on Canberra, Australia may be in line for another play.
The former RBA governor predicted AI was not likely to cause mass unemployment, and called the technology Australia's "best bet" to reverse slumping productivity.
As leading legal AI platform Harvey sets up shop in Australia, founder Winston Weinberg says a major impact of the technology will be on how associates learn the job.
OpenAI executives are in Australia and meeting with the second most powerful elected official to discuss whether the country can be home to more than just a satellite office.
Global CEO Robert Thomson said he and OpenAI's Sam Altman are both "deeply into property".
The Macquarie Capital global strategist believes governments are not contemplating the right policies to deal with the huge impact AI will have on labour.
New job listings suggest the Victorian corrections department is using Palantir, a firm with deep links to the Trump administration, five years after its last public contract lapsed.
