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Australian startup's brain-like AI chip draws healthcare and defence interest (citynews.com.au)

1 point 3 days ago AI
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27 proposed data centres could dodge new AI energy and water rules (abc.net.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Yellow Brick Road launches in-house AI platform Nectaria for broker network (brokernews.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Regulators push Australian firms to monitor AI performance drift over time (pinsentmasons.com)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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GP registrars to help shape Lyrebird's clinical AI scribe tools (healthservicesdaily.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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What Australia's new AI regulation means for corporate risk registers (itwire.com)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Fintech founder Martin Kosasih rebuilds Virtu as an AI-native business (forbes.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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AI Parliamentary Showcase to brief Australian MPs on emerging tech risks (innovationaus.com)

1 point 3 days ago AI
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Brisbane trials AI cameras to spot swimmer distress at public pools (brisbanetimes.com.au)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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Firmus raises $2 billion for AI infrastructure with Nvidia backing (wionews.com)

2 points about 1 month ago AI
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NAB to begin testing agentic AI platform for lending decisions (cyberdaily.au)

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

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

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

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

2 points 2 months ago AI
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Data centre bulls clash with energy regulator over AI power demand claims (theaustralian.com.au)

1 point 5 days ago AI
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Sydney AI startup Metacognition unveils persistent memory tech at Deep Tech Week (smbtech.au)

1 point 5 days ago AI
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Gold Coast's SCX.ai lands first Australian spot in Apple's AI developer ecosystem (goldcoastbulletin.com.au)

1 point 5 days ago AI
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AI safety experts urge Australia to heed extinction risk warnings (smh.com.au)

1 point 5 days ago AI
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Proofpoint report flags resourcing gap as Australian CISOs manage AI risk (australiancybersecuritymagazine.com.au)

1 point 5 days ago AI
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Nvidia teams with eight Australian firms on 2GW AI compute buildout (qz.com)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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ASX-listed Megaport expands network platform into AI infrastructure (kalkine.com.au)

1 point 4 days ago AI
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Fortescue ties staff bonuses to AI adoption push (theaustralian.com.au)

1 point 6 days ago AI
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Australian employers pay premium for 'human' skills as AI reshapes hiring (smh.com.au)

1 point 6 days ago AI
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Energy giant pitches coal plant sites for new AI data centres (smh.com.au)

1 point 6 days ago AI
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Firmus Technologies' AFL sponsorship deal defended amid data centre scrutiny (abc.net.au)

1 point 6 days ago AI
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AI washing scrutiny grows as 60pc of ASX 200 firms tout AI with little detail (sharecafe.com.au)

1 point 6 days ago AI
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UNSW partners with OpenAI to prepare students as workplace 'AI natives' (unsw.edu.au)

1 point 6 days ago AI
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Sovereign AI firm Sharon AI buys former Albury paper mill for data centre (bordermail.com.au)

1 point 6 days ago AI
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NEXTDC to raise $1.1bn via convertible notes for AI data centre build-out (reuters.com)

1 point 5 days ago AI

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