Justin Hendry

Cape Town, Sydney

Editor @Innov_Aus, formerly @iTnews_au. Advocate of transformative politics. Occasional pessimist. Tips? [email protected] or [email protected]

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Articles

Defence inks first contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry

SpaceX, the rocket maker founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, has struck its first direct contract with the Australian government to supply its popular Starlink satellite internet service to Defence. Defence joined the growing number of customers in regional and rural Australia to turn to Starlink for its fast internet speeds when it signed a 15-month deal with the Californian-based company last month.
Husic says AI regulation a priority for re-elected govt

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry

Industry minister Ed Husic says the federal government is committed to finalising its risk-based model for regulating AI despite pull-back in the United States and the European Union. In his first comments on AI since the start of the election campaign, Mr Husic said the government’s proposed mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings would be “prioritised” if Labor is re-elected for a second term.
Trump’s trade war puts America’s AI ambitions at risk

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry |Albert Y. Zomaya

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 servers. Around the same time, Mr Trump also indicated he would soon impose new tariffs on semiconductor chips.
NSW Police turn off facial recognition in suspect ID system

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry

Facial recognition technology used within a system for identifying potential suspects for more than a decade has been deactivated by NSW Police amid concerns over its accuracy. The country’s largest police force moved to switch off the legacy PhotoTrac facial recognition capability within the Suspect Identification System, a platform used to create photographic lineups, in February.
US lawmakers urge White House to ditch Biden's AI chip rule

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry |Karen Freifeld

Seven Republican US senators have sent a letter to US Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, urging him to scrap a Biden administration rule restricting global access to AI chips before it kicks in next month. The letter, signed by senators Pete Ricketts, Tommy Tuberville and Thom Tillis, argues that the AI diffusion rule will damage US leadership in artificial intelligence and calls for “immediate action” to halt it before it takes effect on May 15. It was sent on Friday and made public on Monday.
Q-CTRL claims 'quantum advantage' with GPS-free navigation

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry

Quantum technology startup Q-CTRL says it has achieved commercial quantum advantage with a new quantum magnetic navigation system that outperformed the best of conventional GPS back up systems in real-world trials. The Sydney-based Q-CTRL claimed the world-first on Monday, releasing new research that shows the system as reducing positioning uncertainty by up to 50x during flight trials, when compared to velocity-aided inertial navigation systems (INS).
Defence's powerful new supercomputer comes online

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry

A new Defence supercomputer almost a decade in the making is now up and running in Adelaide, delivering machine learning and AI capabilities to defence scientists. Defence declared the high-performance computing (HPC) system, dubbed Taingiwilta, “fully operational” on Friday, ending a long-running project led by Defence Science and Technology Group. Having recently achieved final operational capability, the HPC is now thought to be one of the 50 most powerful computers in the world.
Govt disbands Entrepreneurs’ Programme advisory committee

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry

The Albanese government has dissolved the Entrepreneurs’ Programme advisory committee, sweeping away one of the last vestiges of the Coalition’s former flagship industry program. The Entrepreneurs’ Programme Committee was revoked by Industry minister Ed Husic ahead of the federal Budget last month, with the four remaining board members, including chair Anthony Surtees, finishing up last week.
Innovation Blueprint: A long-term vision for NSW

1 week ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry |David McClure |David Mcclure

Innovation-intensive companies are a focus for economic policymakers because they make an outsized contribution to productivity growth and economic well-being. This is well recognised by governments around the world. It is the reason behind the growing competition among governments to put in place policies that attract entrepreneurs and give these companies the best possible chance of thriving.
Canberra's AI transparency laggards fall in line

2 weeks ago | innovationaus.com | Justin Hendry

Federal government agencies that missed a key AI transparency deadline earlier this year have now largely fallen into line, with just two mandatory declarations still outstanding across the public service. Agencies reached near full compliance with the requirement to produce an AI transparency statement over the past month following a concerted push by the government’s digital investment cop.