AI & Manufacturing

The Australian manufacturing sector is in a state of emergency. Insolvencies have tripled in two years since 2022, and the industry is battling a perfect storm of labor shortages, supply chain disruption, and skyrocketing inflation. 

Brisbane-based medtech company Microbio is leveraging advanced manufacturing capabilities through a partnership with Queensland’s Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub to scale and globalise its rapid sepsis detection technology.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded to John J. Hopfield from Princeton University, NJ, USA, and Geoffrey E. Hinton from the University of Toronto, Canada. 

The IDC Data and AI Pulse: Asia Pacific 2024 study, commissioned by SAS, has uncovered a growing divide between AI leaders and followers among organisations in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. 

Four Charles Darwin University (CDU) Master of Data Science students have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model capable of detecting and classifying road signs with more than 90 per cent accuracy, demonstrating the potential for AI to improve road safety and infrastructure monitoring.

As Australia’s largest defence industry expo opens in Melbourne, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub and EM Solutions are celebrating a major milestone in the development of advanced naval defence systems. 

International textile designer and manufacturer Camira has unveiled the textile industry’s first AI-powered reverse image search tool in the UK, aimed at simplifying the specification process for architects and design professionals.

Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) are developing new methods to help machines better understand human emotions, by improving how artificial intelligence interprets facial expressions.

More Australian businesses are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance productivity and decision-making, according to the latest data released by the federal government.

The AI Leadership Summit 2024, an event exploring the transformative power of artificial intelligence across industries, is set to take place on 21 to 22 October at the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.