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Debate over future of US AI regulation hinges on broadband funding

2 days ago | itnews.com.au | Jody Godoy |David Shepardson

The fight over a proposed 10-year US moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence has heated up, with Republican and Democratic Senate leaders differing on whether such a measure would be tied to billions of dollars in funding to help states improve broadband infrastructure. Major AI companies including Alphabet's Google and OpenAI have expressed support for Congress taking AI regulation out of the hands of states, to free innovation from a panoply of differing requirements.
Insurer Aflac investigating possible data leak

4 days ago | itnews.com.au | Puyaan Singh |Christy Santhosh

Health and life insurer Aflac said it is investigating a breach on its US network that may have exposed customers' personal information, making it the latest insurance provider to be targeted in a cyberattack. Aflac said the attack was identified on June 12 and carried out by a sophisticated cybercrime group.
Norths Collective marketing chief to leave in August

4 days ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

Norths Collective's chief marketing and innovation officer Robert Lopez is stepping away from the role after over 13 years. Lopez announced his planned departure from the hospitality group on LinkedIn, adding he will finish in early August, with no confirmed plans for a new role. The decision to step down was partly driven by Norths Collective CEO Luke Simmons' decision to also depart following a decade at the helm. Tony Mathew is set to take over as CEO this August.
Victoria's first government tech chief steps down

5 days ago | itnews.com.au | Eleanor Dickinson

Victoria’s inaugural whole-of-government technology leader Luke Halliday has departed after three years. Halliday joined Digital Victoria in 2022 as its chief technology officer and was tasked with modernising government services and leading IT transformation initiatives. In 2023, his role transitioned to the newly formed Department of Government Services (DGS), which absorbed many of Digital Victoria’s functions.
WA Police Force to spend $30.8m on IT 'optimisation'

5 days ago | itnews.com.au | Eleanor Dickinson

The Western Australia Police Force will invest $30.8 million over four years in a wide-ranging ICT overhaul, as revealed in the 2025–26 WA State Budget. The initiative, dubbed the ICT Optimisation Program, will see an estimated $2.8 million spent in 2024–25 [pdf], with the remaining $28 million spread evenly over the subsequent four years. The program forms part of a broader digital transformation strategy aimed at modernising the agency’s technology environment.
Australian Red Cross adopts data mesh strategy powered by Fabric

5 days ago | itnews.com.au | Eleanor Dickinson

The Australian Red Cross is in the final stages of adopting a data mesh approach using Microsoft Fabric following a “false start” with a traditional centralised data lake model. The not-for-profit organisation began rolling out Microsoft Purview as its enterprise data platform during its multi-year transformation in 2023. However, it shifted course following the release of Microsoft Fabric later that year, aligning its strategy more closely with a data mesh approach.
ASD signs $70 million AWS cloud contract

1 week ago | itnews.com.au | Eleanor Dickinson

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has signed a $70-million deal with Amazon Web Services, bringing the cloud provider’s renegotiated government-wide deal to around $364 million in total value. The new contract dwarfs the $6.3 million combined value of ASD’s previous 13 contracts with AWS, which date back to 2017, and come as AWS develops a Top Secret (TS) Cloud for ASD’s national security applications.
ANZ's Maile Carnegie to exit next month

1 week ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

ANZ Banking Group digital leader Maile Carnegie will step down next month to focus on non-executive roles. Carnegie was most recently the major bank’s group executive for Australia retail where she oversaw digital innovation work. The former Google ANZ managing director stepped into the group executive for Australia retail roughly three years ago during an ANZ reshuffle, which saw the bank re-merge its digital and retail divisions into one unit.
Transurban explores bringing agentic AI to its chatbot

1 week ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

Transurban is exploring how to build on a year-old generative AI customer service chatbot, giving it contextual information about customers, with a longer-term goal to have the chatbot proactively engage with customers directly. The toll road operator introduced a generative AI chatbot, built on Anthropic's Claude large language model, in August last year on is Linkt app and website. Linkt is where customers sign up for a toll road tag and manage their payments.
South32 looking to AI to predict employee outcomes

1 week ago | itnews.com.au | Kate Weber

South32 is hoping that AI can enhance predictions on safety, performance and cultural aspects of its employee experience. The Western Australian-based mining and metals company has staff spread across the globe including Perth, Singapore, London and Vancouver, and in more remote locations. In 2021, the company overhauled its employee engagement and measurement platforms.