Technology

In a Senate committee on Friday, Google faced questions about its market dominance in search and AI, as well as the possible use of AI during the hearing.

In this edition: Aurélie Jacquet, director of Ethical AI Consulting and chair of Standards Australia’s AI Committee talks about the parts of AI implementation that aren't talked about enough. This includes interoperability between systems, global standards and not leading with FOMO.

Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano says some companies and leaders are anthropomorphising AI agents, calling them “AI workers” or “digital workers”. As leaders in people and culture, Blanche-Sarellano argues we should push back on this: loudly and urgently. 

In this issue: the end of Boosting Female Founders, Women Who Code and Girls in Tech and the threat this poses to the tech and AI sectors.

Graceview has landed $1.5 million for its AI compliance platform and has its eyes set on expanding across Europe and Asia.

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 has revealed plans to acquire hotshot Australian AI startup, Leonardo.Ai in a bid to strengthen its suite of visual AI tools.

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.

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. 

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.

This week in Neural Notes: Girl Geek Academy gets a new managing director and unveils ambitious plans to teach AI in high school.

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.