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OpenAI’s ‘layered protections’ in US Defense Dept pact

OpenAI said on Saturday that the agreement it struck a day ago with the Pentagon to deploy technology on the US defense department's classified network includes additional safeguards...

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Gig Guide: Craig Scroggie to chair Data Centres Australia

NEXTDC chief executive and managing director Craig Scroggie has been appointed the inaugural chair of Australia’s peak data centre industry body. Data Centres Australia on Friday...

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$30m TAFE centre to boost Victoria’s tech skills pipeline

A $30 million TAFE Centre of Excellence aimed at boosting Australia's technology skills pipeline will be set up in Victoria later this year under a joint federal and state Labor...

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The SERD, the BERD and the calls for AI GERD

Industry and Science minister Tim Ayres will deliver the National Press Club address as part of the Science Meets Parliament festivities on March 25. The event has been sold out for...

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DTA seals new Microsoft mega-deal on promise of cost certainty

The federal government has inked a new mega-deal with tech giant Microsoft, promising greater savings for agencies after a strategic review found discounts were “difficult to...

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Two-year study into social media age ban gets underway

A two-year study into Australia's world-first social media age ban is underway, with the findings set to inform a future legislative review and potentially shape how other countries...

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US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

The Trump administration has ordered US diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate US tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable that...