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