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AI provides a picture of mental wellbeing from the bushfires and through COVID-19

It’s been an undeniably challenging start to 2020 for many Australians. The Black Summer of December and January destroyed environments, homes, businesses and communities, while in March the COVID-19 pandemic forced daily life as we knew it to a halt. Lifeline has seen a significant increase in calls for help, with usage up by 25 per cent after 90,000 Australians phoned the crisis support service each...

The Power of AI

This article first appeared in May issue of Company Director, the member magazine for the Australian Institute of Company Directors. We are seeing extraordinary collaborative efforts to help find a COVID-19 vaccine as the global scientific community shares valuable scientific data and intellectual property. Artificial intelligence has become a key tool in this battle, write...

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AI-powered tool predicts serious disease three months before official announcement

A new artificial intelligence-powered tool has predicted the 2014 Ebola epidemic three months before it was officially declared, with researchers currently applying it to assist in predicting the spread of the coronavirus in Australia. Developed by CSIRO’s Data61 in collaboration with University of NSW, the tool combines natural language processing, data science and statistical time series modelling to identify specific syndrome keywords and their...

How an algorithm could prevent the spread of misinformation and improve emergency response times

An algorithm that detects social bot activity on Twitter in real-time could prevent the spread of misinformation and make it easier for first responders to detect major events according to a Research Scientist at CSIRO’s Data61. The algorithm uses machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to distinguish between genuine conversations and...

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Largest machine learning conference coming to Sydney

Australia has won an international bid to host the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) in Sydney 2021, with CSIRO’s Data61 leading the successful tender in partnership with strategic bidding organisation BESydney and with the support of the New South Wales (NSW) Government. The largest and most prestigious machine learning conference in the...

AI + Indigenous Knowledge a powerful tool posing critical questions

In Kakadu National Park, an invasive weed is choking precious wetlands. Para grass is displacing native plants and reducing habitats for magpie geese, a population considered to be a key indicator of ‘healthy country’ by traditional owners. It’s hard for local park rangers to monitor and manage this weed in this vast landscape – and...

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Artificial Intelligence: A discussion series

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of those technologies, like advances in gene editing or quantum computing, which has the power to change life itself. It has the potential to transform economies, unlock new societal and environmental value and accelerate scientific discovery. With AI estimated to generate $13 trillion in economic activity globally by 2030, the...

HIVERY Exports AI solutions to the world

The data economy is making new demands of Australia’s, and indeed the world’s, business models, with rapid advances and availability of technology redefining markets and reshaping industries. AI is already helping business owners better understand their customers, supply chains and emerging opportunities. There are numerous companies (large and small) using predictive analytics and machine learning...

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How AI is detecting the spread of serious illness

An artificial intelligence-powered system is being used to identify the spread of debilitating illness in communities earlier, with the tool able to detect Melbourne’s thunderstorm asthma outbreak up to nine hours before it was officially reported. Developed by researchers from CSIRO’s Data61 and UNSW Sydney’s Kirby Institute, the system uses Natural Language Processing and anonymised...

Artificial Intelligence: A Discussion

On October 2nd 2019, a panel of artificial intelligence and machine learning experts from CSIRO’s Data61 discussed the myriad of applications, benefits and challenges AI presents to the nation and the world at D61+ LIVE 2019, Australia’s premier data science event. According to Data61’s Digital Innovation Report developed by AlphaBeta, digital innovation, underpinned by science...