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Technology

How can Australia grasp the opportunities and manage the risks of disruptive technologies such as AI?

    How government can boost manufacturing SMEs – and lift productivity – through adoption of advanced technologies

    30 September 2024

    SMEs are critical to NSW and Australia’s manufacturing landscape and are vital to economic renewal. However, manufacturing SMEs have struggled to increase productivity by harnessing advanced technologies. As government deepens its focus on industry policy, here’s how to fix that.

    Dilupa Nakandala

  • Eight industrial policy hacks: bolstering domestic capability under constrained fiscal conditions

    Christopher Day

  • The dangers of pluralisation: A singular duty of care in the Online Safety Act

    Rys Farthing and Lorna Woods

  • Digital (t)winning: the potential for AI as a public policy design tool

    José-Miguel Bello y Villarino

More articles

  • I never said “thank you” to my calculator: reflections from the outgoing NSW Chief Data Scientist

    As AI becomes invisibly embedded in everyday life, we must remain laser focused on controlling and regulating how it uses data and the data it generates.

    Ian Opperman

  • Dull, Dirty and Dangerous

    What is the potential for AI to automate repetitive, low complexity tasks in knowledge sectors? And what can government do to manage this transition?

    Ian Opperman (with ChatGPT)

  • Safeguarding the future: preventing the misuse of generative AI

    Grasping the opportunities and managing the risks of generative AI is a generational challenge. The eSafety Commissioner explains how Australia is starting to tackle this issue.

    Julie Inman Grant