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• 8 misleading AI myths — and the realities behind them

  With all of the hype around AI and machine learning come many factual inaccuracies. Let’s separate the truth from the fiction.

• Exposing 2 cloud and AI myths

  If you think the cloud will drive data centres to extinction and that AI projects are doomed to fail, think again.

• 8 more IT leaders play the ‘2020 predictions’ game

  Eight more IT leaders look into their crystal balls to predict the technologies and trends that will drive the sector in 2020.

• Staff retention key for tech companies in 2020: AIIA

  The average salaries in the IT sector will continue to grow in 2020, but staff attrition rates will remain high, according to the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).

• 8 CIOs reveal top line predictions for 2020

  Tech chiefs are influencing rapid change across their organisations. They're at the coalface, driving technology projects that use technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, data analytics, automation and robotics to change the way their organisations operate.

• IT leaders share top line predictions for 2020

  With 2020 just around the corner, a handful of IT leaders dished out some pivotal tech predictions they say will have an impact on the IT and business landscape next year.

• American CIO counterparts ‘play never-ending game of catch-up’: survey

  Only 25 per cent of American CIOs feel their work is differentiated from competitors, according to a new Adobe survey out of the US.

• CSIRO, Microsoft project combines AI with Indigenous knowledge to protect national parks

  An Australian-led project dubbed 'Healthy Country' aims to identify the best way to preserve and protect national parks with a focus on combining the knowledge of traditional owners and cloud-based AI.

• Intel puts "millions of engineering hours" into oneAPI

  Intel has launched the oneAPI "industry initiative" to deliver a unified and open programming experience to developers on any architecture.

• Regulator taps Azure to keep roads safe

  The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is assessing the use of cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) to drive additional insights from the masses of data it accumulates and help it make the best use possible of its resources.

• In pictures: CIO Melbourne roundtable - Building an AI-driven business

  Tech execs gathered at Eureka in Melbourne to discuss how they are taking advantage of artificial intelligence technologies across their wired and wireless networks. The luncheon was sponsored by Juniper and Mist.

• Blackmores ramps up digital efforts for greater insights, efficiencies

  Australian health supplements firm, Blackmores, is deploying a new cloud-based infrastructure to maximise the use of data for business insights and install stronger foundations for future innovation.

• Top 10 government tech trends revealed

  Adaptive security, citizen digital identity, and multichannel citizen engagement are among the Top Ten government technology trends.

• CSIRO’s Data61 and Penten hatch cyber security ‘deception’ tech

  CSIRO’s Data61 has inked a major research project with cyber security firm, Penten, to build AI-enabled cyber security defence technology, better known as ‘deception’ technology that includes cyber traps and decoys.

• CIOs look to AI to solve IT complexity: report

  Eighty per cent of Australian CIOs say AI will be critical to IT's ability to master increasing IT complexity, according to a global study of 800 CIOs.