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Treasurer launches AI inquiry as fears grow it will not fix productivity

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers launched an inquiry into artificial intelligence, tasking Labor backbencher Ed Husic with investigating whether technology can reverse the country's productivity, which sits at 60-year lows. The inquiry proceeds amid growing fears that AI will not fix the productivity problem.

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With productivity at 60-year lows, Labor backbencher Ed Husic has been tasked with investigating the use of technology to reverse ... Read More

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