Nearmap’s Aerial Image Data and AI Is Streamlining How Insurers Can Rate and Price Risk in Australia

Australia sees its share of natural disasters, like the black summer bushfires of 2019–2020 and the 2022 floods that turned into the most expensive natural disaster in Australia’s history. In…

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AI Causing Foundational Data Centre Power and Cooling Conundrum in Australia

Image: Corona Borealis/Adobe Stock Data centres will put increasing demands on Australia’s energy grid as the rise of AI computing continues. There is a real risk of power shortages for…

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White House Executive Order on AI Provides Guidelines for AI Privacy and Safety

The Biden administration directed government organizations, including NIST, to encourage responsible and innovative use of AI. Image: Maksym Yemelyanov/Adobe Stock Today, U.S. President Joe Biden released an executive order on…

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Australia’s Telecommunications Industry Following Global Peers on Generative AI

Image: immimagery/Adobe Stock Australia’s telecommunications industry is set to follow the global telecom market in adopting generative AI use cases, as local providers face the prospect of losing ground to…

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Accenture’s Kelly Brough Says IT Is Bringing Pragmatism to Australia’s AI Projects

Image: ArieStudio/Adobe Stock Kelly Brough, director of applied intelligence at Accenture Australian enterprises are moving into a “readiness” phase of generative artificial intelligence adoption and will be relying on IT…

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