As AI innovation accelerates rapidly, Microsoft is bringing the local tech community up to speed over two events in Sydney this February: the Microsoft AI Tour and the startup-focused AI Deep Dive event with Startup Daily. We spoke to Andrew Boyd, General Manager, Digital Natives and Startups, about how startups can leverage Microsoft’s latest AI… Read more »
An artificial intelligence-powered startup that helps business leaders turn their ideas into content has launched with users able to test the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of TalkingBrands.ai for free. Cofounder Tom Finnigan, who previously managed PR at AusCyber and Stone & Chalk, developed TalkingBrands.ai to take away the fear people have when it comes to… Read more »
OpenAI, developer of ChatGPT and a leading innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), was recently thrown into turmoil when its chief-executive and figurehead, Sam Altman, was fired. As it was revealed that he would be joining Microsoft’s advanced AI research team, more than 730 OpenAI employees threatened to quit. Finally, it was announced… Read more »
First up, the TL:DR version. Adelaide fintech Tic:Toc has rebranded as Tiimely, six years after the home lending assessment platform launched. You can guess why. The ByteDance social media video platform with the same name (but different spelling) now has 1.5 billion users, having launched in 2016, several months before Tic:Toc. That leaves the local… Read more »
In late August, a Washington DC court ruled that work created by artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be protected by copyright. Judge Beryl Howell said the case – a 2018 piece of art submitted by Stephen Thaler to the Copyright Office – was “not very complex.” “We are approaching new frontiers in copyright as artists put… Read more »
Australian authors have been caught up in a major controversy around the data used to train large language models after an investigation uncovered 183,000 pirated books were included in a commonly used dataset called Books3. Booker Prize winning novelist Richard Flanagan was among the Australian writers whose works were in the dataset that was reportedly… Read more »
ChatGPT can now speak and have a live conversation with you as part of a suite of updates to the generative artificial intelligence tool that also lets it analyse images. In a blog post, ChatGPT owner OpenAI announced that voice and image capabilities will soon be introduced to the tool for paying users around the world.… Read more »
Today marks an important milestone in the history of the internet: Google’s 25th birthday. With billions of search queries submitted each day, it’s difficult to remember how we ever lived without the search engine. What was it about Google that led it to revolutionise information access? And will artificial intelligence (AI) make it obsolete, or… Read more »
It was National Science Week last week and as it is with nearly every discussion on every front, artificial intelligence (AI) was in the spotlight. With automation and AI revolutionising the world, this year’s program examines innovation and technological advancements across all fields. We asked four To try and flesh out some of the ways… Read more »
Generative AI could contribute between $45bn & $115bn annually to the Australian economy by 2030 That represents 2% to 5% of total economic output. 4 key sectors will benefit: healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and professional and financial services. Barriers include technology capability, enterprise readiness, awareness & skills, and responsible AI Using artificial intelligence (AI) in business… Read more »
As increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems become widespread, the question of the risks they may pose has taken on new urgency. Governments, researchers and developers have highlighted AI safety. The EU is moving on AI regulation, the UK is convening an AI safety summit, and Australia is seeking input on supporting safe and responsible… Read more »
Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has spurred some leading voices in the field to call for a research pause, raise the possibility of AI-driven human extinction, and even ask for government regulation. At the heart of their concern is the idea AI might become so powerful we lose control of it. But have we… Read more »
Even tech experts have been astonished by the recent, rapid growth of AI technology, able to hold human-like conversations in multiple languages, create music and pass medical exams. While the potential benefits of AI in fields such as healthcare are indeed inspiring, the pace of change is rapid, and there is still lots of uncertainty… Read more »
By nature, startups are used to being the disruptors; the ‘fast movers’ that challenge the inertia of bigger organisations, finding ways to embed themselves and helping others to innovate, adapt and progress faster. But what happens when even faster tech threatens to disrupt even the disruptors? Leaders today face a velocity of change that exceeds… Read more »
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman downplayed the potential for the technology to take over jobs at an event in Melbourne last week, saying instead the technology will instead put “higher expectations” on human beings. Altman has an unsurprisingly optimistic view about human nature will respond to the rise of AI, saying he doesn’t think people will… Read more »
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