AUSCL Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/content-channel/auscl/ Fri, 26 May 2023 07:15:22 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.innovationaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/favicon-new.png AUSCL Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/content-channel/auscl/ 32 32 The balancing act that is internet governance https://www.innovationaus.com/the-balancing-act-that-is-internet-governance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-balancing-act-that-is-internet-governance https://www.innovationaus.com/the-balancing-act-that-is-internet-governance/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:39:31 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=30383 Engaging with the online world is a key priority for the Australian Government and it’s becoming more confident about how to regulate the internet, argues Australia’s Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts Paul Fletcher. “It needs to assert its sovereign right to make laws protecting Australians and regulate interaction in a way...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/the-balancing-act-that-is-internet-governance/feed/ 0 Technology supply chains are a risky business https://www.innovationaus.com/technology-supply-chains-are-a-risky-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-supply-chains-are-a-risky-business https://www.innovationaus.com/technology-supply-chains-are-a-risky-business/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:27:44 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=19707 Smaller suppliers of technology goods and services are increasingly finding themselves between a rock and a hard place when contractual agreements turn sour. In any commercial agreement there is always the possibility of conflict or litigation, most often when the recipient alleges that the product or service they have contracted for does not meet the...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/technology-supply-chains-are-a-risky-business/feed/ 0 Searching the past for a new digital democracy https://www.innovationaus.com/searching-the-past-for-a-new-digital-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=searching-the-past-for-a-new-digital-democracy https://www.innovationaus.com/searching-the-past-for-a-new-digital-democracy/#respond Wed, 12 May 2021 22:47:07 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=18179 Ada Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord Byron and collaborator with mechanical computer pioneer Charles Babbage, is credited with being the world’s first computer programmer. Lawyer and writer Lizzie O’Shea thinks Lovelace has lessons for us today about we deal with digital technology, along with Tom Paine and the Paris Commune, neither of which have...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/searching-the-past-for-a-new-digital-democracy/feed/ 0 A reasonable robot in the eyes of the law https://www.innovationaus.com/a-reasonable-robot-in-the-eyes-of-the-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-reasonable-robot-in-the-eyes-of-the-law https://www.innovationaus.com/a-reasonable-robot-in-the-eyes-of-the-law/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:44:40 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=17417 Whether it’s driving a car, making a medical diagnosis by referencing a database of historical cases, finding potential new drugs, or playing chess, artificial intelligence is increasingly performing tasks as well as – and in some cases better than – humans. Humans are subject to the rule of law. Kill or injure someone while driving...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/a-reasonable-robot-in-the-eyes-of-the-law/feed/ 0 Writing laws for when mind meets machine https://www.innovationaus.com/writing-laws-for-when-mind-meets-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=writing-laws-for-when-mind-meets-machine https://www.innovationaus.com/writing-laws-for-when-mind-meets-machine/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2021 01:51:30 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=16918 In 2019, Elon Musk announced he hoped to implant a two-way communication device into a human brain in 2020. He didn’t. The US Federal Drug Administration won’t let him, just yet. However, he has put one into a pig and talks about, ultimately, a symbiotic relationship between neurotechnologically enhanced humans and AI. The company behind...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/writing-laws-for-when-mind-meets-machine/feed/ 0 If you want a patent, it helps to be human https://www.innovationaus.com/if-you-want-a-patent-it-helps-to-be-human/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-you-want-a-patent-it-helps-to-be-human https://www.innovationaus.com/if-you-want-a-patent-it-helps-to-be-human/#respond Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:01:57 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=16717 Earlier this year IP Australia rejected a patent application from Dabus. The problem: Dabus is not human, it is artificial artificial intelligence software that had come up with something the man behind it, Dr Stephen Thaler, considered patentable. But in Australia, only a real person can hold a patent. Dr Thaler also filed patents the...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/if-you-want-a-patent-it-helps-to-be-human/feed/ 0 On fairness, algorithms and the law https://www.innovationaus.com/on-fairness-algorithms-and-the-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-fairness-algorithms-and-the-law https://www.innovationaus.com/on-fairness-algorithms-and-the-law/#respond Tue, 23 Mar 2021 03:49:54 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=16702 “Fair is foul, and foul is fair,” chanted the witches in Macbeth, meaning that appearances can be deceptive: things can differ from how they appear. And our idea of fairness, under the law, can fall foul of algorithms when computer scientists try to develop fair computer systems that make fair decisions, according to Mireille Hildebrandt,...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/on-fairness-algorithms-and-the-law/feed/ 0 Turning rules and laws into computer code https://www.innovationaus.com/turning-rules-and-laws-into-computer-code/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-rules-and-laws-into-computer-code https://www.innovationaus.com/turning-rules-and-laws-into-computer-code/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:38:06 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=16023 “If I can book an aeroplane flight online, why can’t I find out online whether I’m liable for something?” That rhetorical question came from Adrian Kelly, cofounder of SmartLegal in a Rules as code: writing laws computers understand webinar organised by the Australian Society for Computers & Law and the Allens Hub for Technology Law....

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/turning-rules-and-laws-into-computer-code/feed/ 2 Brian Schmidt on the ANU’s 2018 cyber attack https://www.innovationaus.com/brian-schmidt-on-the-anus-2018-cyber-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brian-schmidt-on-the-anus-2018-cyber-attack https://www.innovationaus.com/brian-schmidt-on-the-anus-2018-cyber-attack/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:58:56 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=14733 The Australian National University’s Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt talks about lessons learned after its devastating data breach in 2018 and explains why cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. It was just two years after Professor Schmidt was appointed as vice-chancellor of ANU that “sophisticated attackers” sent a malware-laden phishing email to a senior ANU employee that gave...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/brian-schmidt-on-the-anus-2018-cyber-attack/feed/ 1 Francis Gurry on the rise of protectionism https://www.innovationaus.com/francis-gurry-on-the-rise-of-protectionism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=francis-gurry-on-the-rise-of-protectionism https://www.innovationaus.com/francis-gurry-on-the-rise-of-protectionism/#respond Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:29:07 +0000 https://innovationaus.wpengine.com/?p=14641 World Intellectual Property Organisation director general Francis Gurry reckons the world is facing a rise in country-level threats to open innovation in science and technology that has the potential to do serious harm to the world’s economies. Mr Gurry, an Australian who has led WIPO since 2008, expressed grave concerns for the world’s future as...

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