The Australian Government has unveiled a new strategy which it says is aimed at developing the country’s digital skills and ensuring the benefits of technology flow to all Australians.

Three big companies — KPMG Australia, Macquarie Group and Microsoft — have said they will support to an experimental project for creating new ways of thinking about artificial intelligence by the Australian National University’s Autonomy, Agency and Assurance Institute (3Ai).

Almost nine in 10 (87%) Australian CIOs are motivated to become CEO/managing director of their company, according to new research that reveals that despite the level of ambition expressed by Australia’s technology leaders, finance is still the dominant background for almost half of all ASX 200 CEOs.