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Semiconductors are too important for the US to not be able to manufacture them, Dell CTO and chief AI officer John Roese said during a visit to Sydney.
The US$300 billion AI lab's path to Australia was not long and winding and followed sustained overtures from the Labor government and a deal with the nation's biggest company.
Two of the world's largest tech giants have called for Australia to relax copyright laws to bolster their artificial intelligence platforms.
Seven years after Jeremy Howard's research helped inspire OpenAI's precursor to ChatGPT, he argues copyright protections have grown more powerful than intended due to corporate lobbying.
It has quickly become one of the most contentious regulatory issues in Australia. And even inside the tech sector fractures are emerging over copyright.
The media conglomerate has raised doubts over the talks, insisting that Australian copyright laws already require AI firms to pay for using material and should not be changed.
The assistant minister for the digital economy's pitch comes amid growing nervousness in the media and creative sectors about the AI threat.
The ABC chief signalled it will pursue government intervention to secure payments from AI companies, amid broader warning on threats to the media sector.
The defence tech company is now represented by CMAX Advisory, a government relations firm started by Christian Taubenschlag.
The world's largest consumer tech company is pushing back on laws requiring it to open up its 'walled garden'.
The headcount expansion underscores a period of significant growth and investment by TikTok in its Australian operation over the decade since the app’s 2016 launch.
