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Science and technology centre Questacon has launched a new exhibition, Friend or foe - the rise of artificial intelligence. The exhibition immerses the visitor in AI-generated artwork, asking we consider the themes of copyright, ownership, the nature of creativity, and bias in AI.

Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic launched the Federal Government’s quantum strategy yesterday, which included a commitment that Australia would build a first-in-the-world error corrected quantum computer within ten years.

The Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Network, a world-first cross-ecosystem program to support Australian companies in using and creating AI ethically and safely, is being launched today.

Western Australian school students can be recruited as the cybersecurity workforce of the future as part of a Curtin University-led cybersecurity program, which has been supported by the Federal Government.

ACS, an association that represents the Australian technology sector, has welcomed the budget presented by the Federal Government on Tuesday, describing it as "a step towards boosting the diversity of the IT industry and the broader economy with its support for families in, or looking to enter, the workforce".

ACS, the professional association for Australia’s technology sector, has given a tick of approval to the Federal Government’s commitment to widen the pipeline of talent available to the science and technology sectors.

From an opening keynote by Anthony Murfett, the Head of the Technology and National Security Division of the Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, through to presentations from NetApp, Zetaris, AWS, Commpete, UNSW, Microsoft, Optus, Kinde, Patyron, Nozomi Networks, Logicalis, Stone & Chalk and more, with a closing keynote from Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, Influencing.com's conference is a must-watch event.

From an opening keynote by Anthony Murfett, the Head of the Technology and National Security Division of the Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, through to presentations from NetApp, Zetaris, AWS, Commpete, UNSW, Microsoft, Optus, Kinde, Patyron, Nozomi Networks, Logicalis, Stone & Chalk and more, with a closing keynote from Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, Influencing.com's conference is a must-watch event.

The Digital Transformation Agency, now vested with the responsibility for certifying cloud companies that can host government data, appears to be unwilling to state clearly whether any of the four firms given a tick on 7 October had outstanding compliance issues.

Despite all the brouhaha over the alleged threat posed by China, the Federal Government does not seem overly concerned when it comes to cloud hosting of its sensitive data. Else, how does one account for the fact that the Digital Transformation Agency has given Amazon Web Services, a company that has links to a Chinese-owned data centre, the green light for hosting government data?

The Australian Department of Defence is continuing to use a Chinese-owned data centre, Global Switch, for hosting some of its data, even though it was told to switch providers by the end of last year.

A senior official from the Australian arm of Forcepoint, an American multinational security software developer, has welcomed the news that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will create a cyber security role in his cabinet when he carries out a reshuffle next month.

The Australian media code of conduct calls for digital platforms to pay for the use of news content produced by media. Why is it so difficult for people to comprehend this?

Former Independent senator Nick Xenophon has accused both Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson and local telco Telstra of "engaging in Olympic class word games" to avoid an inconvenient truth: their 5G equipment is being manufactured in China with a joint-venture partner cited by the US as being under the thumb of the People's Liberation Army.

Questions have been raised over the fact that the American cloud provider Amazon Web Services, which was given a Federal Government contract to store data collected by the government's COVIDSafe app, is using a data centre in Sydney which is fully owned by a Chinese company.

Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has slammed the Morrison Government over its tardiness in implementing amendments to the encryption law which was passed last year, saying Finance Minister Senator Mathias Cormann had agreed to do so, and has yet to keep his word nearly a year on.

One of the big problems in tech that the incoming minister for the digital economy will have to fix is the matter of getting big tech multinationals to pay their fair share of tax.

Three areas of tech which the Labor Party plans to go hard on if it is elected on 18 May are the workforce, the certification of providers to government, and getting big technology firms to pay their fair share of tax.

The Australian Labor Party has ruled out repealing the encryption law that was passed last year if it is elected, but says it will speedily incorporate the 170-odd amendments that were drafted, but not included in the law.

The Australian Labor Party will offer 5000 digital and ICT places in TAFEs free in order "to help prepare Australians for the jobs of the future" if the party is returned to power in Saturday's Federal Election.