‘We are the black sheep’:The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people

‘We are the black sheep’:The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people

Tom Oxley came up with his idea for a brain chip while at Melbourne University in the late 2000s. Now his company has attracted some of the richest people in the world as investors.

  • byMatthew Field

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His dad was dying. So Daniel built a world-first artificial heart – with pipes and magnets

Australia will spend $50 million building the world’s first long-term artificial heart,after the original prototype was built with pieces bought from Bunnings.

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Elon Musk says first human has received ‘sci-fi’ brain implant

Elon Musk says first human has received ‘sci-fi’ brain implant

The billionaire who runs Tesla has claimed that the first human has successfully received a computer brain implant.

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Is AI coming for your job? Statistically,I am at risk

There is something democratic about the next-generation AI revolution - this time blue-collar workers are safer than those in white-collar jobs.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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Controlling the arms race:Europe sets global benchmark for AI regulation

The European Union has finally agreed a detailed and highly prescriptive set of rules for regulating artificial intelligence but,with dissent already within Europe,will anyone else emulate them?

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The billionaire from US royalty on a quest to bring the Tasmanian tiger back

The billionaire from US royalty on a quest to bring the Tasmanian tiger back

Her grandfather was once the richest man in the US,now Lyda Hill is making her own mark.

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Industry plan offers $400 million to rescue ‘missing middle’ companies

Industry plan offers $400 million to rescue ‘missing middle’ companies

Australian companies are shrinking or stagnating when they try to join the ranks of the nation’s biggest employers,spurring the federal government to help them commercialise ideas.

  • byDavid Crowe
World scrambles to control ‘the most consequential technology of our time’
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World scrambles to control ‘the most consequential technology of our time’

There has been a flurry of activity this week as the US,Europe and the Group of Seven economies scramble to regulate the rapidly evolving AI sector.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Hope in fight against killer catheter infections

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The world’s EV battery revolution through the eyes of Goldman Sachs

The race is on with a creative explosion in battery technology – and the world is divided.

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