AI/Machine Learning

Eye Thy with my AI: Australian Radio Network digitises diversity with an artificially generated Asian female presenter

- April 22, 2025 3 MIN READ

Australian Radio Network (ARN), the media company behind KIIS, as well as Gold and iHeart, used an AI-generated female Asian host to broadcast 4 hours of midweek radio, without disclosing it. The fake presenter, “Thy”, has been generated reportedly using someone in the finance department at ARN. The show broadcasts on CADA – “Australia’s home… Read more »

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Job Matched, a recruitment startup bootstrapped by a first-time female founder, is using AI to get the cultural fit right in hiring

- April 16, 2025 2 MIN READ

A recruitment platform that combines the simplicity of dating app swiping with AI-powered soft skills matching was launched in Sydney by a first-time founder this week.  Job Matched is the brainchild of Australian-American Kayla Parry, who set out to make hiring faster, smarter and more human. Parry was on Startup 360 this week, where she… Read more »

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Trump’s trade war is hampering US hopes of leading the world in AI – and that hits Australia too

- April 16, 2025 3 MIN READ

The global trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump earlier this month shows no signs of ending anytime soon. In recent days, China suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals that are vital ingredients in everything from electric cars and drones to the semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence (AI) servers. Around… Read more »

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A VC’s list of 10 startup ideas Australian founders should tackle

- April 7, 2025 2 MIN READ

As Australia builds up to the federal election, debates around sovereignty, national security, and economic resilience are taking centre stage. Concurrently, the startup ecosystem is awash with vibe-coded consumer apps.  But coding with Lovable is just the start of a deeper shift: the AI opportunity in this decade won’t just be in frontend tools. It… Read more »

Canva cofounders Cameron Adams, Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins.
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Generating your AI grave? Canva sheds 10 technical writing staff after directing them to use artificial intelligence

- April 3, 2025 2 MIN READ

Most of Canva’s technical writing team has been laid off as the company continues to expand its use of artificial intelligence, but the graphic design giant does not see the redundancies as a result of its increasing AI use. Technical writers are typically responsible for writing and updating documents such as guides and manuals for… Read more »

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Why Generative AI is the next step in centuries of technology shaping human knowledge

- March 27, 2025 4 MIN READ

Where would we be without knowledge? Everything from the building of spaceships to the development of new therapies has come about through the creation, sharing, and validation of knowledge. It is arguably our most valuable human commodity. From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge. Today we… Read more »

Amazon Alexa
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Amazon’s going to send your Alexa conversations to its cloud for AI training, whether you like it or not

- March 26, 2025 3 MIN READ

Concerned about privacy? Your Amazon Echo devices will get creepier next week, when all Alexa conversations will be sent to the cloud after a policy change seemingly intended to feed data to the company’s souped-up generative AI (genAI) revamp. The policy change – which was announced in a recent email to customers – will see… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

King River Capital is building a $157 million sixth VC fund to back AI

- March 18, 2025 2 MIN READ

UNSW chancellor David Gonski and Simon Sheikh’s impact investment fintech Future Super are among the investors in a new US$100 million fund to back artificial intelligence (AI) startups. King River Capital said it’s nearing the final close of  its latest A$157 million fund, which continues its ongoing strategic focus on AI-driven software startups both here… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence expert Lee Hickin departs Microsoft to become National AI Centre director

- March 17, 2025 2 MIN READ

Lee Hickin, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence policy lead for Asia, has departed the tech giant after more than six years to become the new director of the National AI Centre (NAIC). The NAIC was established in 2021 to support and accelerate Australia’s AI industry. Its inaugural director, Stela Solar, herself a former Microsoft executive, stepped down… Read more »

Robert Herjavec
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Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec joins Melbourne data lakehouse scaleup Zetaris and also invests in it

- March 13, 2025 2 MIN READ

US Shark Tank investor and cybersecurity startup founder Robert Herjavec is joining Melbourne scaleup Zetaris as executive director of global strategy. He was so impressed, he’s also invested in the company, although that figure was not disclosed. Herjavec believes Zetaris has unicorn (worth more than $1bn) potential. Zetaris was founded in 2013 by Vinay Samuel and… Read more »