How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing…
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Coursera to buy rival Udemy
Online education platform Coursera said it would buy rival Udemy in an all-stock deal, valuing the combined company at US$2.5 billion ($3.8 billion), as the…
ATO, AFP, AER and Veterans’ Affairs get IT modernisation funds
The Australian Taxation Office, Federal Police, the Energy Regulator and Veterans’ Affairs have all secured IT upgrade funding in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook.…
Gov backs its own AI adoption with $225m
The federal government will invest $225 million into AI for its own use over the next four years, largely via the GovAI service and enablement…
Telcos argue ACMA’s $2.3bn spectrum fee-hike will crush investment
Australia’s mobile network operators have expressed disappointment universally at the prospect of paying up to $2.3 billion more than expected for spectrum they need to…
Banks push out plans to retire batch payments system
A plan by Australia’s banks to retire the batch-based system that processes $17.4 trillion in welfare, pension, salary and bill payments annually has hit a…
Telcos, NBN Co face collective $7.3bn bill to renew wireless spectrum
Australia’s telcos, together with NBN Co, are facing higher costs to keep radio spectrum used for mobile and wireless broadband services than they had lobbied…
Defence CTO retires from the public service
Defence’s chief technology officer Peter Alexander has retired from the Australian public service after a 31-year stint spanning multiple government departments and agencies. Peter Alexander. Department…
OpenAI gets edge over Microsoft Copilot at La Trobe
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has emerged as La Trobe University’s dominant generative AI tool despite Microsoft’s Copilot having had a headstart in the research-focused education institution. La…
Business leaders agree AI is the future. They just wish it worked right now
Last spring, CellarTracker, a wine-collection app, built an AI-powered sommelier to make unvarnished wine recommendations based on a person’s palate. The problem was the chatbot…
Nvidia buys AI developer to expand open-source AI push
Nvidia has acquired AI software firm SchedMD as the chip designer doubles down on open-source technology and steps up investments in the artificial intelligence ecosystem…
Federal chief AI officer roles set to go to existing APS staffers
A government mandate to appoint chief AI officers by July next year appears set to be fulfilled by incorporating the responsibilities into an existing senior…