Artificial intelligence
In the next few years, CBA is aiming for generative AI to be at the heart of its key banking app and core systems, as it embeds the technology across the bank.
The alliance highlights Australian media companies’ urgency in seeking revenue from AI firms using their content to train large language models.
Generative AI is becoming entrenched in financial services, but it remains far from transformational and banks are yet to see it drive revenue.
Politicians should consider the problems Australia will face in the next few decades rather than just the next few years, said Craig Scroggie.
To stick the landing, the tech giant will have to help develop many nascent technologies — from nuclear fusion to timber data centres.
At the region's biggest fintech festival in Singapore, quantum computing and tokenisation were hot topics. But the chatter about last year's star, AI, was notably subdued.
The growing use of AI and other technology could disrupt some of the Australian legal industry's longest-held traditions.
Banks are ramping up AI investment, but much of it is aimed at countering fraudsters who are using the same technology to escalate scams and cyber attacks.
Contractors accuse the company of lowering hourly rates.
He's bet billions on AI via Atlassian but is also a known climate activist. And he says artificial intelligence will act as a growth engine for renewables.
There are still unanswered scientific questions about how AI works, says Florian Douetteau. The answers could have a significant market impact on companies like Nvidia.
Appen promises to help Big Tech clients build ambitious AI tools. But weeks after a major tech bungle, many of its own contractors are unpaid and growing frustrated.
Australia’s privacy chief says AI privacy laws are “clear cut". Lawyers speaking with Capital Brief say businesses are still confused.
Experts predict AI could soon generate up to 80% of the world’s code. What does that mean for Atlassian, a company built on tools for developers?
As Australia’s government grapples with how to enforce AI rules, one of America’s original tech giants has warned that a new law or regulator could be counterproductive.
Two months after Canva bought Leonardo.Ai, the startup's artificial intelligence model is powering the design giant's flashiest new feature.
Businesses using AI may face complex privacy requirements, but there is no "grey area" in existing laws, Kind told Capital Brief.
At a recent Ashurst event, Microsoft’s ANZ legal head Clayton Noble urged in-house lawyers to follow EU AI guidelines as the Albanese government finalises its own framework.
Media executives want the government to require AI firms to disclose content used for training. Google’s resistance sets up a fight with publishers over compensation.
US tech giants are scrambling to find energy to fuel AI development in the US. That demand will spread around the world, says Meta artificial intelligence VP Manohar Paluri.
Australia's class action industry is changing, with more corporate firms acting for plaintiffs, more smaller firms launching cases for the first time, and more specialist lawyers acting in cases.
