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Translators tipped to be replaced by AI within three years
Machine translation is advancing rapidly, although interpreting meaning rather than just words and sentences remains a daunting task.
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- The Economist
- Opinion
- Opinion
Wall Street needs to prepare for an AI winter
Technology companies are struggling to conjure the great leaps in capability that had been expected, and more meaningful revenue may not come until 2026.
- Dave Lee
This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How CEOs are using AI, from driverless forklifts to bird counts
Everyone’s doing it, but are they doing it properly? Here is a fascinating snapshot of what Australian companies are doing with artificial intelligence.
- Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson
SoftBank woos Trump with $157b investment
The president-elect said he is embraced by business executives as technology leaders and founders flock to Florida ahead of his second term.
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- Akayla Gardner and Hadriana Lowenkron
- Opinion
- Opinion
The age of AI has dawned – and so has ‘AI-washing’
Akin to “greenwashing”, this occurs when companies falsely claim their products or services use artificial intelligence, to appear more advanced than they are.
- Sonia Haque-Vatcher
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Lapped up at $5, unloved at $4.30 – Di Pilla’s year-end IPO shocker
How do you turn on sentiment if nothing has changed and at a time of the year when institutions turn off the taps?
- Anthony Macdonald
MinterEllison sets target of 80pc using AI by March
The majority of lawyers and partners at the big six Australian law firm will be required to use the new technology in their daily work next year.
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
10 curveballs for investors (and no, they’re not all bad)
The market is heading into 2025 with a spring in its step. But Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid sees risks to both the downside and the upside.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
How Claude became tech insiders’ chatbot of choice
AI insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic. Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come?
- Kevin Roose
- Exclusive
- Ed Husic
Husic chases Australian edge in AI, industry says faster pace needed
Industry Minister Ed Husic will announce a National AI Capability Plan in Singapore on Monday where he is signing a memorandum of understanding on AI co-operation.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Chanticleer CEO poll
CEOs reveal their asks for the coming election
With a federal vote due by mid-May at the latest, Australian business leaders highlight what they think the government and opposition should focus on to win.
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
DigiCo float is a ‘ticket to the dance’ for Di Pilla
The biggest IPO of the year is all about capturing the momentum around the world’s biggest investing theme: artificial intelligence. DigiCo is now in the biggest game in town.
- James Thomson
Exploration drillers tighten belts as boom fades
Spending on mineral exploration is sliding and inflationary pressures mean each dollar delivers fewer metres drilled. But AI and data analysis might save the day.
- Peter Ker
With Canva as a client, this start-up just hit $100m thanks to Airtree
The Brisbane company has raised $22 million, and is now backed by Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson’s Skip Capital along with Employment Hero founder Ben Thompson.
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- Tess Bennett
TikTok owner ByteDance takes early lead in race to capitalise on AI
The company has purchased enough cutting-edge Nvidia graphics processing units to build advanced AI models, according to numerous sources.
- Eleanor Olcott
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
How to keep up with mainstream meme coin mania
The explosive rise of social media has already shifted the workings of politics and democracy. We are now seeing how it can move asset prices in digital assets.
- Gillian Tett
- Opinion
- Productivity
Public sector to blame for Australia’s poor productivity
Australia’s economic story has become dominated by public rather than private activity as politicians spend crazy amounts of money to buy votes.
- Christopher Joye
Synagogue attacked; AusSuper’s $1 trillion woe; Murdoch Christmas bash
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Musk raises $9b for ‘anti-woke’ AI company
xAI’s funding round signals the battle with OpenAI and Anthropic is intensifying.
- Paul Smith
How the US and China are partnering (reluctantly) to save the world
Computer scientists from the two superpowers are defying political bickering, and working together to set global ground rules to keep artificial intelligence within human control.
- Peter Guest