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Surviving and thriving in the AI era
A group of top level Australian corporate and public sector bosses, investors, entrepreneurs, technology industry and political leaders, joined The Australian Financial Review to assess how much has changed since the topic of generative AI burst onto the mainstream agenda at the end of 2022 with the launch of ChatGPT, and where the big opportunities lie.
The key to more company cars going electric
The number of EV models on offer in Australia has expanded to beyond 100, and more businesses are examining whether to shift their fleets from petrol or diesel.
Banks brace for AI-powered digital revolution
The sector must confront the twin challenges of dealing with their legacy systems and developing a tech-savvy workforce.
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Australia must overcome these challenges to meet its net zero targets
A massively complex and expensive task is ahead for Australia to decarbonise its power supply and infrastructure. To start, it will take a lot of building.
AI can spot threats before they happen
Australian organisations are drawing on improved technologies to alert them about when and how they need to act.
Responsibility for cybersecurity shifts from IT desk to boardrooms
Consumers, shareholders and regulators are increasingly demanding companies take proactive steps to anticipate, mitigate and recover from system failures.
Bank innovations a slow and steady process
The big four know they must respond to the rapid changes introduced by start-ups, but modernising respected financial institutions is a tall order.
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Australia needs to join the digital infrastructure revolution
A nation of fast adopters of new technology is being left behind as others rapidly take advantage of AI’s opportunities.
Checks and balances key to clearing AI obstacles
Only 4 per cent of Australian business leaders say they feel they are equipped to take advantage of AI, according to Cisco research.
Digital literacy and security of identity will beat back scammers
Australia’s cybersecurity needs to be balanced with consumer choice and encouraging innovation, the roundtable experts agree.
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This Month
Buy X product when it costs $Y: How agentic AI is reshaping shopping
E-commerce has significantly disrupted retail, and more big change looks to be on the way – but major technical and trust challenges remain.
The skills needed to survive AI’s reshaping of financial services
Even if AI will struggle to replace the soft side of financial services, it is already having a profound impact.
RBA’s tokenisation efforts find uses in bonds, royalty contracts
Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre CEO Talis Putnins says that, globally, it “feels like we are hitting a critical mass” in adopting the technology.
Why you must ‘innovate or stagnate’ as the market transforms
Tokenised securities are being embraced by market players from Nasdaq to Westpac and will allow share trades to settle within minutes, not days.
September
Australia needs to join the digital infrastructure revolution
A nation of fast adopters of new technology is being left behind as others rapidly take advantage of AI’s opportunities.
Checks and balances key to clearing AI obstacles
Only 4 per cent of Australian business leaders say they feel they are equipped to take advantage of AI, according to Cisco research.
Digital literacy and security of identity will beat back scammers
Australia’s cybersecurity needs to be balanced with consumer choice and encouraging innovation, the roundtable experts agree.
Flexible partnerships underpin next-gen technology
Governments are in the driving seat to support cross-collaboration across the telco and tech sectors, to make the most of resources.
Satellites key to Australia’s digital backbone
The Project Kuiper low Earth orbit broadband network aims to provide good, affordable internet access across regional and remote areas.
Digital infrastructure and enterprise resilience in the AI-era
A roundtable exploring how rapid technological change is reshaping industries and creating new risks and opportunities for Australian businesses.
August
Surviving and thriving in the AI era
A group of top level Australian corporate and public sector bosses, investors, entrepreneurs, technology industry and political leaders, joined The Australian Financial Review to assess how much has changed since the topic of generative AI burst onto the mainstream agenda at the end of 2022 with the launch of ChatGPT, and where the big opportunities lie.
June
Housing woes collide with climate change and could hit every household
Like housing construction, the insurance industry is at the point where both the corporate and consumer sides are screaming for help.
Australia’s growing ranks of uninsured has Mulino worried
The Financial Review Insurance Forum examined how risk-based pricing by insurance companies has created social equity problems.
Australia must overcome these challenges to meet its net zero targets
A massively complex and expensive task is ahead for Australia to decarbonise its power supply and infrastructure. To start, it will take a lot of building.
May
New research reveals business value is driving real-time transition
There’s almost universal awareness of the requirement to transition to real-time payments, new research reveals.
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Real-time payments’ early adopters reap rewards
With so many competing priorities and limited resources, banks are taking a measured approach to implementing instant payments tech.
Race to real-time payments: big business ditches legacy systems
Two-thirds of big businesses say real-time payments will affect their market position. A new survey shows who’s moving now, and who risks getting left behind.
How banks can fight fraud in an instant-payments world
Security needs to be ironclad as faster transactions mean less time to detect and stop illicit flows by cybercriminals.
Banks help businesses gain early-mover payments advantage
Lenders are embedding new technologies as regulators breathe down their necks and customers demand instant payments.
Cbus joins pilot program to speed up super payments
The fund has been part of the trial with a handful of large construction industry employers to get a clearer picture of how digital payments will work.
AI can spot threats before they happen
Australian organisations are drawing on improved technologies to alert them about when and how they need to act.
Responsibility for cybersecurity shifts from IT desk to boardrooms
Consumers, shareholders and regulators are increasingly demanding companies take proactive steps to anticipate, mitigate and recover from system failures.
How this company succeeds despite the inevitability of ‘failures’
Online travel agency Webjet OTA is building resilience into its operations from the outset.
Third-party risks are no longer someone else’s fault
In this hyper-connected world it’s important to remember that ensuring the protection of data along the supply chain is essential.
Cultural resilience key to dealing with crisis
Massive digital disruptions have driven home the need for training and systems to ensure businesses – and all their staff – can instantly respond to outages.