AI compliance startup Graceview raises $1.5 million for global expansion
Graceview has landed $1.5 million for its AI compliance platform and has its eyes set on expanding across Europe and Asia.
Neural Notes: How AI is transforming the business of sport
In this edition of Neural Notes, Tegan Jones is gratuitously capitalising on the Olympics by taking a look at how AI is being used on the commercial side of sports.
Canva snaps up Leonardo.AI in blockbuster acquisition
Canva has revealed plans to acquire hotshot Australian AI startup, Leonardo.Ai in a bid to strengthen its suite of visual AI tools.
Neural Notes: ACCC probes LLM market, Meta’s new Llama, and KFC’s drive-through experiment
In this edition: Australia's competition watchdog reveals a new focus on large langage models (LLMs); Meta touts its "most capable" models yet; and KFC causes a clucking flurry at the drive-through.
Businesses can unlock the potential of AI with upskilling and strategic hiring
As organisations grapple to wrap their heads around AI and figure out the best use-case scenarios for their business, they’re missing a crucial foundational step: bringing their people on the journey.
Paris Olympics 2024 has an ‘AI agenda’. Here’s what it means for the future of sport
The 2024 Summer Olympics, kicking off in Paris on July 26, will be the first instalment of the quadrennial sports fest since the International Olympic Committee unveiled its Olympic AI Agenda.
Will CrowdStrike’s brand survive the ‘blue screen of death’?
Predictably, CrowdStrike’s share price fell off a cliff, but it is still higher than early-year lows. For now. But share prices rarely indicate anything other than investors' confidence. There are certainly better markers to track how the brand is fairing.
CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage sparks scam warnings from ACCC and the government
The ACCC's National Anti-Scam Centre has warned small businesses of scams in the wake of the global CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage.
Neural Notes: Girl Geek Academy wants to bring AI to the classroom
This week in Neural Notes: Girl Geek Academy gets a new managing director and unveils ambitious plans to teach AI in high school.
“More stamps in the passport” as neurodivergent social app Wable eyes $1.5 million global expansion
Since launching with Michael Theo from Love on the Spectrum as a brand ambassador, Wable has received thousands of downloads from the neurodivergent community across Australia.
NT startup Go Locum lands $350,000 for remote medical staffing platform
Medical SaaS startup Go Locum has secured $350,000 in a seed funding round led by Northern Territory firm Paspalis Innovation Investment Fund.
Industry groups call for tax on companies that replace workers with AI
The MEAA has called on the federal government to introduce a tax on companies that replaced human roles with AI technology, and to update employment laws to ensure workers were consulted on the use of AI tools.
