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• NAB and Microsoft design AI ATM

  National Australia Bank (NAB) and Microsoft have designed a proof of concept automatic teller machine (ATM) using artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies.

• Voice analysis to aid in fight against suicide and depression

  UNSW associate professor Julien Epps is confident and hopeful the power of vocal analysis technology using machine learning will help in the detection and prevention of suicide and depression.

• View AI as ‘augmented intelligence’: CIO roundtable

  Technology and digital leaders discuss the challenges and benefits of rolling artificial intelligence and related technologies

• Lenovo partners with University of Adelaide on new machine learning institute

  Lenovo Data Centre Group is partnering with the University of Adelaide’s new Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) to give Australian businesses “better access to the technology, expertise and research required” to launch AI projects.

• IBM claims new tool can ‘explain AI’ and detect bias

  ​IBM has launched a software service that it claims can explain how AI makes decisions “as the decisions are being made”.

• Dell EMC's global CTO reveals 6 ‘big ideas’ on future of ICT industry

  Dell EMC’s president and global CTO, John Roese, believes we’re in a “transitional phase” in the evolution of the IT industry.

• ‘Don’t worry about existential threat AI might pose’: futurist

  CIOs need to put aside the Hollywood-induced fear that machines will take over the world and that humanity’s days are numbered, according to AI expert Toby Walsh.

• How to innovate with analytics and deliver real business value

  Adopting advanced analytics and the road to artificial intelligence and machine learning is top of mind for many organisations looking to discover true business value, according to SAS vice-president of marketing and customer engagement, Bob Messier.

• Banking royal commission has ‘amped up’ AMP’s appetite for AI

  ​The findings of the banking royal commission against AMP have heightened the appetite within the company for artificial intelligence and machine learning, says its chief technology officer Chris Bell.

• In pictures: ‘Innovate with Analytics: The Art of Deeper insights' - CIO Sydney Breakfast

  Data is becoming the new ‘oil’ and analytics is the differentiating factor. It not only delivers increased automation and sped up processes, but enables the identification of new models, the discovery of hidden relationships, and can reach a new level of intelligence. A group of leaders - from IT to data science to digital and marketing - gathered in Sydney for the CIO Breakfast, in partnership with SAS, to hear about the 'power of analytics' and how organisations are capitalising on artificial intelligence and machine learning to produce tangible business value.

• Budget 2018: Funding boost for AI and machine learning projects

  The government is hoping to boost Australia's artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities with $29.9 million in funding over four years for projects that make use of the technologies.

• Click Me Maybe: Inside eHarmony's matchmaking machine

  ​When a user signs up to eHarmony they fill out a lengthy questionnaire about the type of person they are, their likes and dislikes, beliefs, values and preferences in potential partners.

• Children’s Cancer Institute’s Elaine Neeson eyes analytics

  Newly crowned Children’s Cancer Institute CIO, Elaine Neeson, is setting her sights on delivering an analytics strategy across the organisation.

• Rambo and the machine learning models helping Sportsbet up its games

  ​A Netflix-style recommendation engine on steroids, a Google AdWords beater and a souped-up game simulator are among a number of machine learning models at work behind the scenes at online bookmaker Sportsbet, the company has revealed.

• AI jobs market heats up, listings and searches on the rise

  The number of artificial intelligence related jobs listed on Australian jobsite Indeed has doubled since 2015, according to data released today by the company.