Yesterday
Government courts tech giants to fast-track national AI skills
The Albanese government is considering partnerships with US tech giants to improve the nation’s digital skills as it prepares to unveil a major AI strategy.
AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda tells Australia to wake up or get left behind
Blackstone’s got the keys to AirTrunk’s kingdom, but billionaire founder Robin Khuda hasn’t lost his voice.
Australia’s energy challenge could kill AI data centre gold rush
AI’s insatiable appetite for electricity and thirst for water could strain the grid, raise emissions and power bills and slow down decarbonisation efforts.
Australian data centre approvals lag two years behind Asia: AirTrunk
CEO Robin Khuda said Australia’s artificial intelligence strategy should avoid following the lead of Europe where “no one wants to invest”.
Celebrated or penalised? Employees confused over AI rules
The opacity surrounding company policies means staff are running personal generative AI accounts in secret or discovering they have breached the rules.
Inflation ticks up; ‘Significant’ Optus outage; The Big AI Short?
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
What the numbers tell us about the future of accounting
I’ve crunched the 1100+ data points for the Top 100 Accounting Firms. What have I learned?
The Big AI Short? Right now, it’s these 4 trades
It’s not that long ago that Alphabet was being derided as the big technology firm most vulnerable to the artificial intelligence revolution. How things change.
Australia can be an AI superpower – but only if we have cheap energy
If we are to become a serious global player in AI and host the biggest and most power-hungry data centres, we need a lot more power – and quickly.
Australia’s productivity revival starts with a laptop, not a bulldozer
Australia must take a few big moves. That includes lifting basic digital literacy in schools so every student meets the standard, and a national digital and AI skills compact.
Wall Street wants everyone using AI – except its job applicants
The big firms are changing their hiring processes to weed out candidates leaning too heavily on artificial intelligence.
Nvidia falls as AI chip rivalry with Google escalates
The potential challenge to Nvidia’s market dominance in artificial intelligence technology extended what’s been a rough trading month for its shareholders.
This Month
Top 100 accounting firms rush to adopt AI – with mixed results
The nation’s largest accounting companies want to cut costs and swap routine compliance for real-time financial advice.
Australia’s top-ranked universities revealed
Find out which institutions performed best in key areas and the one that took out the overall top spot in the Financial Review Best Universities Ranking.
One of the AI giants will lose (huge). But investors don’t need to
As long as you’re not betting on one particular company or one particular debt offering, relax and enjoy the ride.
EVP turns page on StrongRoom AI saga after raising $100m for new fund
While the venture capital firm courted controversy after calling the police on one of its own investments this year, its backers have not lost faith.
Aussies sell their tech company to US giant for $5b
The sale of the tech entrepreneurs’ software company to cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is one of the biggest deals of the year.
Revealed: The AI tools that Australia’s top accountants swear by
From optimising workflows to elevating client relationships, artificial intelligence is adding value to both accounting firms and their clients.
What happens when OpenAI tweaks ChatGPT’s personality
In making its chatbot appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?
Commonwealth Bank’s AI-pioneering technology chief departs
CBA chief Matt Comyn has lost his tech boss, Gavin Munroe, the latest in a string of senior management exits at the country’s largest lender.