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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

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

    José-Miguel Bello y Villarino

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

    Ian Opperman

  • Dull, Dirty and Dangerous

    Ian Opperman (with ChatGPT)

More articles

  • 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

  • Combatting misinformation and disinformation through more effective regulation

    Australia’s referendum on the Voice has highlighted the need for better regulation of social media platforms to prevent falsehoods corroding our democratic discourse.

    Alice Dawkins & Rys Farthing

  • Regulating artificial intelligence against gender bias: can Australia emerge as a world leader?

    Australia has joined the race to regulate AI – but we aren’t paying enough attention to the gender-related challenges generated by these systems. Here’s how we can start to fix that.

    Ramona Vijeyarasa