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.
September
Revealed: The ASX sectors that will be hit hardest by AI
New research from Barrenjoey has named the ASX sectors most exposed to technological change. But there’s comforting news for the broader economy.
Atlassian shows grit for existential AI battle
Investors reacted with apathy to the tech firm’s biggest acquisition but the company’s leaders are playing a long-term, high-stakes game.
August
Tech crowd can’t be trusted to regulate themselves on AI: Daniel Petre
Many of Australia’s techies believe AI laws should be avoided, but Daniel Petre says trusting AI companies to do the right thing is “nonsense”.
July
Is AI making you stupid?
Access to generative AI can certainly lighten the mental load but the impressive short-term gains it affords may come with a hidden cost.
Seek’s Employment Hero spat shows the disruptor is becoming disrupted
The ASX-listed recruitment platform is facing the same sort of challenge it once posed to newspapers. Can it stave off a billion-dollar start-up?
What this child’s puzzle tells us about how AI ‘thinks’
Silicon Valley is divided over whether AI chatbots can think. But does the answer matter if they can still do your job?
June
Australia is already an AI leader. So why aren’t we talking about it?
Australia accounted for 9 per cent of all working AI experts across the Asia-Pacific, well ahead of South Korea and India, and second only to China.
Is Google facing its own Kodak moment with the rise of AI?
A new age of search is dawning on us, but the sharemarket can’t work out if the dominant player can maintain its status as the internet’s front door.
‘You would have to anoint me’: JPMorgan’s Dimon would love to be president
In a wide-ranging discussion, the Wall Street executive also said significant job losses from the AI revolution are unavoidable and necessary.
Why Sam Altman’s drug of choice is catching on
Magic mushrooms remain illegal in California, but you wouldn’t know that from the gatherings in San Francisco.
May
Ed Husic’s sacking shows innovation always loses in Canberra’s Game of Thrones
Short-term political expediency has always over-ridden strategic innovation and industry policy.
New ANZ boss Matos is in a hurry. That’s good news for customers
Nuno Matos wants to speed up the rollout of the bank’s Plus platform, and says there will be “no shortcuts” on values and behaviour on his watch.
February
Westpac works with Accenture to deploy AI agents
The bank has already used agentic AI to assist its engineers move code to new cloud-based systems. Triaging mortgage applications could follow.
Aussie entrepreneur beats huge odds to launch VC-backed AI firm
Jamila Gordon escaped poverty thanks to the kindness of an Aussie backpacker. Studying here transformed her life – and now she’s changing the food industry.
New US bill seeks to ban DeepSeek app on government devices
The two sponsors, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, cite concern that the chatbot’s code is linked to China’s Communist Party.
January
What is DeepSeek, the AI company upending the stock markets?
A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets on Monday.
This is how the magnificent seven’s bubble could burst
AI will reshape markets and economies in the next five years, according to Bank of America. But today’s tech giants might not be the biggest winners.
November 2024
Fewer super funds means more business for this tech consultancy
The ongoing merger activity in the superannuation sector has supercharged growth at Wollongong-headquartered IT services company Novigi.
Fintech offers $8m bridging loans in minutes as Citi backs $250m facility
Bridgit uses AI to approve loans for those looking to buy their next home before their existing one has sold. It claims an average approval time of about four hours.