In Australia, The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the John Holland Group, an infrastructure and construction firm, have turned to cloud data and AI platform Databricks to solve significant data fragmentation problems that were hindering their ability to draw insights from business data. Speaking at Databricks’ Data + AI World Tour in Sydney, Australia last...
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A third of businesses using AI without telling customers or employees
A third of businesses using artificial intelligence are not informing their employees or customers that they are doing so, a survey of business leaders using AI has revealed. It comes as the federal government proposes “mandatory” rules for high-risk AI, including a possible AI Act and prohibitions on technologies deemed too risky. A comprehensive survey...
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AI and cybersecurity lead the charge in 2024 business tech, says CPA Australia – Australian Manufacturing
Image credit: Siarhei/stock.adobe.com The CPA Australia Business Technology Report 2024 has revealed significant trends in technology adoption across the Asia-Pacific region, emphasising the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and digital strategies in business performance. In particular, the report showed a substantial rise in AI integration, with 69 per cent of businesses now using...
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Australian business lags in AI adoption – survey – Australian Manufacturing Forum
Australian businesses trail their Asia-Pacific counterparts in their digital strategy and AI adoption, according to a major survey by CPA Australia. However it is not all bad news – our focus on cybersecurity and data protection is a positive for Australian businesses. CPA Australia’s 2024 Business Technology Report found that only 53 per cent of...
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Low Media Literacy: A Risk to Australia’s Cybersecurity Landscape
A recent study by Western Sydney University, Adult Media Literacy in 2024, revealed worryingly low levels of media literacy among Australians, particularly given the deepfake capabilities posted by newer AI technologies. This deficiency poses an IT security risk, given that human error remains the leading cause of security breaches. As disinformation and deepfakes become increasingly...
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ACCC’s Cass-Gottlieb is thinking about Australian tech sector as she scrutinises generative AI
Australia’s top competition regulator is trying to test a question: Can Microsoft’s AI-integrated search products disrupt a national search and search advertising market that Google currently dominates? And if Microsoft can do that, is there still a risk of continued market power by a small number of players? “We are aware of the risk of...
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Australian Enterprises Coming 4th in 2024 Global Survey of Generative AI Usage
Australian organisations have ranked fourth in an assessment of how widely enterprises in 16 countries are using and implementing generative AI. The survey, conducted by data analytics firm SAS, found that 63% of Australian businesses are now using generative AI. The findings, based on responses from 1,600 global AI and data analytics decision makers, found...
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Australia Could Have 200,000 AI Tech Workers by 2030
A boom in artificial intelligence has the potential to create 200,000 AI-related jobs in Australia by 2030, according to a report from the Technology Council of Australia. This presents significant opportunities for current tech workers and other professionals to secure well-paid jobs and build careers in a rapidly growing sector. The TCA report, supported by...
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ManageEngine: Australian SMEs Aim to Reduce IT Costs Amid Growing Technology Complexity
IT costs are the biggest challenge facing tech leaders in Australian medium-sized enterprises, according to a survey commissioned by IT management software vendor ManageEngine. This challenge is expected to intensify as these enterprises adopt more applications and grow their AI spending. The Digital Intensity in Australia Study, conducted by research house Ecosystm for ManageEngine 24×7,...
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Power-hungry data centres scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand
In short: Energy experts fear the growing number of power-hungry data centres could make electricity more expensive. Data centres could consume as much as 8 per cent of the grid’s demand by 2030. What’s next? Data centre operators are turning to renewable sources to power new centres. Inside a vault of this data centre is...
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Should you post photos of your child on social media? Two parents explain their decision
Hello and welcome to Screenshot, your weekly tech update from national technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre, featuring the best, worst and strangest in tech and online news. Read to the end to meet the under 30s who prefer chatbots to humans. Who’s to blame for kids being fed to AI? On some level, it makes sense...
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The world’s biggest AI models were trained using images of Australian kids, and their families had no idea
The privacy of Australian children is being violated on a large scale by the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, with personal images, names, locations and ages being used to train some of the world’s leading AI models. Researchers from Human Rights Watch (HRW) discovered the images in a prominent dataset, including a newborn baby still connected...
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