'Aussie AI': assistant tech minister wants the data centre push to deliver higher up the 'value chain'

Australia must move up the AI ‘value chain’ to capture maximum benefit from the technology: Andrew Charlton

Australia must move up the Artificial Intelligence (AI) value chain rather than simply hosting data centres, the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Andrew Charlton, says. In a lecture to be delivered at the ANU Crawford School Tuesday titled “Why Australia Needs to Turn Compute into Sovereign AI”, Charlton argues Australia needs to leverage its data centre advantage and translate that into benefits and growth for…

'Aussie AI': assistant tech minister wants the data centre push to deliver higher up the 'value chain'

Australia needs to back startups, research and talent, argues Andrew Charlton, not just build the support systems around them.