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Brisbane trials AI cameras to spot swimmer distress at public pools (brisbanetimes.com.au)

2 points 14 days ago AI
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Firmus raises $2 billion for AI infrastructure with Nvidia backing (wionews.com)

2 points 15 days ago AI
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Atlassian shares surge as CEO flags buy-in on turnaround quarter (theaustralian.com.au)

2 points 18 days ago Big Tech
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NAB to begin testing agentic AI platform for lending decisions (cyberdaily.au)

2 points 20 days ago AI
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Stripe x Startup Battlefield Sydney: applications close in 48 hours (techcrunch.com)

3 points about 1 month ago Startups
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AI 'vibe-coding' floods app stores with low-quality apps, report warns (smh.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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AI lowers startup founding barriers but VC funding is getting harder, data shows (forbes.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago Startups
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Atlassian's 39-storey Sydney skyscraper reaches full height (abc.net.au)

2 points about 1 month ago Sydney
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Labor to legislate AI duty of care for big tech firms (news.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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NSW backs 22 startups with over $1m in MVP Ventures Program funding (australianmanufacturing.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago Startups
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Australia's data centre boom draws growing community backlash (7news.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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Sydney fintech LendUs raises $5m seed round for embedded home loan platform (businessnewsaustralia.com)

2 points about 2 months ago Startups
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Anthropic pushes for Australian AI training rights ahead of stock exchange listing (thelawyermag.com)

2 points about 2 months ago AI
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Dubbo climbs into NSW's top three startup hubs amid cost-of-living pressures (dubbophotonews.com.au)

1 point 12 days ago Australia
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Sydney toy startup CMY Cubes picked for South Korea's K-Startup Grand Challenge (smartcompany.com.au)

1 point 12 days ago Startups
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Eight ANZ startups raise combined $67.4 million in one week (smartcompany.com.au)

1 point 11 days ago Startups
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Sterling raises NZ$3.8m to automate finance for ANZ businesses (itbrief.com.au)

1 point 11 days ago Startups
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Blackbird and Airtree slash $10bn from Canva's valuation amid AI pivot (afr.com)

1 point 11 days ago Startups
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ASX-listed DXN pivots to AI infrastructure with maiden data centre deal (kalkine.com.au)

1 point 11 days ago AI
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Meta's AI detects and removes 756,000 underage Australian accounts (techtimes.com)

1 point 11 days ago Big Tech
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ASIC review flags trading apps luring users with cash vouchers into risky bets (abc.net.au)

1 point 12 days ago Startups
22

Cannon-Brookes and Chiu settle leaked data breach dispute (theaustralian.com.au)

1 point 13 days ago Sydney
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Legal expert warns hospitality shift-swap app may misclassify workers (abc.net.au)

1 point 13 days ago Startups
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Big super funds and banks turn to AI for cut-price financial advice (theaustralian.com.au)

1 point 13 days ago AI
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Biometric pay-by-glance tech begins rollout into Australian retail (theguardian.com)

1 point 13 days ago Startups
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Ararat telco startup tackles regional Australia's mobile and data gaps (smartcompany.com.au)

1 point 12 days ago Startups
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Experts debate who's liable as Australia grapples with first AI agent hacking case (theguardian.com)

1 point 12 days ago AI
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Australia toughens Big Tech media bargaining rules, mandates deals with eight outlets (storyboard18.com)

1 point 12 days ago Big Tech
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Australian startup uses AI to help daters spot warning signs before meeting (einnews.com)

1 point 12 days ago AI
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Aussie broker network taps LoanOptions.ai for expanded asset finance access (brokernews.com.au)

1 point 12 days ago Startups

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