Technology

One in three Australian workers are using artificial intelligence to get ahead without telling their employer, and even more say using the technology makes them feel like they are cheating. But their guilty secret is increasing productivity in the workplace, a study has found, and businesses could benefit more if they openly supported its use. […]

Australian workers should “take a breath” and relax about the impact artificial intelligence will have on their careers as the jobs it displaces will ultimately be replaced with others. Google Australia managing director Melanie Silva issued the advice at the QUT Business Leaders’ Forum in Brisbane on Friday,  where she compared AI technology to the […]

Australian businesses are losing more than $150 million a year to scammers, with some embedding themselves in sensitive company email chains just waiting for the right moment to strike. The threat can occur close to the end of the working day, when workers are clearing the decks and getting ready to go home, or at […]

Australia’s universities and research institutions are at the forefront of robotics innovation, but the nation is still failing to translate that into scalable solutions to drive economic activity. Additional public and private investment in the sector could add $201 billion to the country’s economy by 2040, according to a new report. It could also increase […]

Australia must urgently ramp up its spending on AI and research and development to avoid a generation of young people being “sacrificed for the profits of big tech”. In an address to the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, UNSW Professor Toby Walsh will say Australia is failing to adequately regulate AI, fearing the […]