Plan for Australia to stay ‘ahead of the pack’ in cutting-edge computing
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Plan for Australia to stay ‘ahead of the pack’ in cutting-edge computing

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.

  • byRachel Clun

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A 170-kilometre-long desert skyscraper? A subterranean city? Inside MBS’s Saudi dream

A 170-kilometre-long desert skyscraper? A subterranean city? Inside MBS’s Saudi dream

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.

  • byNick Bryant
Former MP Wyatt Roy signs up to work on Saudi Arabia’s ‘sci-fi city’

Former MP Wyatt Roy signs up to work on Saudi Arabia’s ‘sci-fi city’

The former Liberal minister is helping create a new Saudi Arabian city from scratch,with an emphasis on renewable energy … and flying cars.

  • byDavid Swan
How ego and fear fuelled the rise of artificial intelligence

How ego and fear fuelled the rise of artificial intelligence

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.

  • byCade Metz,Karen Weise,Nico Grant andMike Isaac
Small businesses don’t understand artificial intelligence,says Husic
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Small businesses don’t understand artificial intelligence,says Husic

The government will spend $17 million to help small businesses upskill in AI,with Australia near the bottom of the table for adoption globally.

  • byDavid Swan
Husic says Terminator scenario unlikely as Australia signs up to AI pact

Husic says Terminator scenario unlikely as Australia signs up to AI pact

The science minister said people use technology because they believe the government has considered its application – in the same way as foods and medicines.

  • byLatika Bourke andOlivia Ireland
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US to tighten curbs on China’s access to advanced chip tech

US to tighten curbs on China’s access to advanced chip tech

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.

  • byJenny Leonard,Mackenzie Hawkins,Ian King andDebby Wu
The new ChatGPT can ‘see’ and ‘talk’. Here’s what it’s like

The new ChatGPT can ‘see’ and ‘talk’. Here’s what it’s like

The ultimate goal,according to some researchers,is to create an AI capable of processing information in all the ways a human can.

  • byKevin Roose
The world’s most precious commodity is the size of an envelope

The world’s most precious commodity is the size of an envelope

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.

  • byJames Titcomb
Artificial intelligence reshaping the jobs market in Australia’s biggest cities
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Artificial intelligence reshaping the jobs market in Australia’s biggest cities

There were 756 jobs ads across Australia that referenced AI skills in 2012. By 2021,there were 20,505.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Another robo-debt disaster’s inevitable if we give AI too much autonomy
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Another robo-debt disaster’s inevitable if we give AI too much autonomy

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.

  • byRachael Falk