Australia news live: productivity commissioner warns of job cuts coming from AI; aged care provider to close
Danielle Wood doubts AI will eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs in five years but ‘there will be some impacts’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser to take you through the day.The new industry and science minister, Tim Ayres, warns today that Australia must “lean in hard” to the benefits of artificial intelligence or else risk ending up “on the end of somebody else’s supply chain”. His comments follow an appearance by Australia’s productivity commissioner on 7.30 last night in which she said AI could cost jobs. More coming up. Continue reading...

Danielle Wood doubts AI will eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs in five years but ‘there will be some impacts’. Follow today’s news live
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser to take you through the day.
The new industry and science minister, Tim Ayres, warns today that Australia must “lean in hard” to the benefits of artificial intelligence or else risk ending up “on the end of somebody else’s supply chain”. His comments follow an appearance by Australia’s productivity commissioner on 7.30 last night in which she said AI could cost jobs. More coming up. Continue reading...