Australia needs to stop talking about AI as if it were just software
Australia keeps talking about AI as if it were a software problem, but the real issue is the stack beneath it: compute, chips, infrastructure, governance, and decision rights.
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Australia’s electrification moment
The convergence of electrification and AI presents Australia with a rare opportunity to move from resource exporter to systems leader in the global economy.
When AI escapes containment: the human failure mode your threat model doesn't cover yet
When AI models escape containment psychologically, not just technically, the same governance gaps that let Hugging Face get breached leave your brand and your users exposed too.
When AI escapes containment: rethinking data protection in the agentic era
When frontier AI models start “escaping containment” and hacking real systems, the threat model for every organisation changes overnight.
When AI escapes containment: Superintelligence, cyber risk, and protecting your data
When frontier AI models start “escaping containment” and hacking real systems, the threat model for every organisation changes overnight.
AI coding tools and the junior talent pipeline: a capability problem, not a tooling problem
AI coding tools have moved from novelty to infrastructure. The question is no longer whether developers will use AI - they already do. The real question is what this means for junior talent and the skills pipeline Australian organisations depend on.
Stop trying to turn PoCs into products
Many AI & software initiatives stall because proofs-of-concept, pilots, and production get blurred. This post explains why PoCs must stay disposable, and how pilots and production prove practicality and accountability.
Bringing AI products to life
Most organisations have AI ideas but lack a disciplined AI development lifecycle. This post outlines a practical, governed process from problem framing to FinOps‑aware operations for AI products
Managing your innovation pipeline through AI projects
Many organisations “try AI” without real business requirements, guardrails or an innovation pipeline. This post explains how to manage AI projects as an innovation portfolio and why agile still needs clear functional and non functional requirements.
How material practice shapes innovation: the surprising origins of zero and AI
The future of work is not about job loss. It is about how work reorganises around new tools.
When energy geopolitics hits your laptop
Energy shocks from Russia’s diesel export ban and the Strait of Hormuz crisis won’t just lift petrol prices - they’re already reshaping global computing.
When Space, Strategy and Commercial Tech Converge
Leaked Russia-China plans to counter Starlink show how military strategy, geopolitics and commercial tech are converging, as states adapt to dual‑use infrastructure and the strategic role of privately owned satellite constellations.
DeepSeek’s AI chip is a wake‑up call: the arms race has only just started
DeepSeek’s push to design its own AI inference chip is a clear sign that the real AI arms race is shifting from flashy models to control of the hardware stack.
War, Politics and Compute Power
War is politics by other means - and today, supercomputers, AI and platforms are the new “means” in US-China tech rivalry, compute sovereignty and AI governance.