Artificial intelligence
The Australian fintech is flipping the script, acquiring legacy bricks-and-mortar businesses to drive its offshore expansion, with two new acquisitions announced.
Fortescue's Andrew Forrest, Macquarie's CEO and leaders from ANZ, BHP and Rio will all be on the plane. But despite talk of AI collaboration, the tech sector is glaringly absent.
A recent US case shows the chief justice was on the money with his concerns about the impact of AI on the law, which he shared in an interview with Capital Brief.
As Anthony Albanese heads to China, Beijing’s AI trade push underscores Australia’s delicate balance between economic opportunity and security risk.
Australia's top judge, Stephen Gageler, has used his first Australian interview to warn that AI could strike at the heart of our adversarial system of justice.
Capital Brief's legal writer Michael Pelly speaks to the chief justice about the seismic impact of AI on the law and the changing face of the High Court.
The new deal, which does not include new workplace protections, comes amid mounting concern from union representatives over the ways AI is being used at the company.
Australia’s opportunity lies in targeted, sector-specific innovation — not broad, general-purpose approaches that overlook local strengths.
With parliaments slow to act — or not acting at all — courts have stepped in to police AI use and catch out litigants.
OpenAI is stepping up its lobbying in Australia, urging rapid AI rollout as ministers weigh the potential economic upside against local risks.
ANZ’s tech chief is leaving just as banks around the world rethink who should lead AI, with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon saying the function is simply too important to sit under tech.
Bloomberg’s top editor has directed staff to embrace third-party AI platforms such as ChatGPT, taking a more liberal approach than other major newsrooms.
Generative AI will change how legal work is done by shifting junior roles, reshaping workflows and prompting new questions about how lawyers build careers.
Top law firms are trialling autonomous AI tools to handle complex tasks like document analysis, aiming to boost accuracy and efficiency while managing emerging risks.
As banks chase efficiency and direct customer relationships, AI agents are emerging as a possible lever for transforming lending, advice and digital commerce.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei warned AI could soon replace 50% of entry-level office jobs and trigger mass unemployment. Databricks disagrees.
As Amazon doubles its Australian data centre investment, Capital Brief visited the Austin lab where another key piece of its AI push is taking shape.
The government’s failure to act on AI is hurting productivity and living standards — Australia needs a clear, urgent strategy, not more delays and summits.
The new industry minister says the Albanese government's flagship industrial fund needs to aim higher and move faster, as he defended its quantum computing bet and its plans to regulate AI.
Founders like Canva's Cam Adams, Heidi Health's Thomas Kelly and Sapia's Barb Hyman aren't bloviating about the AI threat — they're too busy building for an AI future.
The bank is set to launch “amie”, a multi-agent AI chatbot developed with AWS, aiming to deliver real-time market insights and boost client engagement.
