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How does government enable and/or use industry as a multiplier for AI projects?

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The government’s early investment in frontier AI technology is starting to bear fruit as the state sees a nascent community of more than 50 AI and AI-enabled businesses, ranging from start-ups to global multinationals, tapping into world-class research and extensive datasets and applying analytical tools to get the edge in competitive markets.

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How can Australia build sovereign capability in AI, and why is it that important?

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With global AI investments growing, Australia will need to remain internationally competitive in a world of expanding AI capabilities and AI-enabled operations.

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New computer vision technology for safer public transport facilities

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The worry of unattended luggage at an airport terminal or train station might soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new project that will see AI used to identify when objects are left behind at busy public transport locations.

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Award winning space AI

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AIML PhD candidate Sofia McLeod is researching ways to build an AI system that can safely land an autonomous spacecraft on a distant planetary or asteroid surface guided by visual input from a single event camera. 

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Hybrid academic, industry roles for AI tech talent return to Aus

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With AI research talent in extreme demand, specialist hybrid academic-industry roles can lead to growth in jobs and skills, and help build tech 'ecosystems' around top university campuses.

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What are the limiting factors for AI today?

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The factors that limit the growth and expansion of AI are very different for Australia than for the rest of the world.

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How did AI develop?

Rob Vis

Long before electronic computers, the allure of an artificial intelligence has co-existed with humans.

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What are the latest developments in AI?

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AI offers us unprecedented opportunities to crack old nuts with new tools—that is, to apply new technologies to solve some of the fundamental problems affecting society.

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What’s artificial intelligence and what benefits does it deliver?

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There’s a lot of excitement about AI because it can work alongside us and act as a booster for human capabilities, allowing us to work smarter and more efficiently.

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New AI tech to bring human-like understanding of our 3D world

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Humans can easily understand the 3D world, why is it so hard for computers?

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