The federal government is investing $18 million to link the country’s major universities with industry groups and strategic partners to boost the country’s quantum edge.
Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi-style giga-project is bankrolled by a regime not known for supporting individual liberties,but it has the support of a surprising number of Australians.
The former Liberal minister is helping create a new Saudi Arabian city from scratch,with an emphasis on renewable energy … and flying cars.
Eight years ago,the debate surrounding the dangers or benefits of AI began a ferocious – but little publicised – competition among some of the richest men in the world for control of the technology.
The government will spend $17 million to help small businesses upskill in AI,with Australia near the bottom of the table for adoption globally.
The science minister said people use technology because they believe the government has considered its application – in the same way as foods and medicines.
The US plans to tighten measures to restrict China’s access to advanced semiconductors and chipmaking gear to prevent it access to cutting-edge technologies.
The ultimate goal,according to some researchers,is to create an AI capable of processing information in all the ways a human can.
Ancient civilisations hunted for spice;in the 20th century we fought wars for oil. In 2023,this computer chip has the world’s most powerful people scrambling.
There were 756 jobs ads across Australia that referenced AI skills in 2012. By 2021,there were 20,505.
AI is only as good as the algorithm that operates it,the data that trains it and the law that underpins it. If these are ineffective,as with robo-debt,then calamity can ensue.