Over the last two and a half years I’ve been deep in a startup using generative artificial intelligence (AI that writes text) to help solve the challenge organisations face in producing and consuming useful content. This has given me practical insights into the state of the AI industry and how AI technologies can be successfully…
There’s been a number of media stories in the last few days about the Google Engineer who claims Google’s Lambda AI is sentient, while Google claims it is not. These stories share a focus on sentience as we apply it to humans – self-aware, feel positive and negative emotions, capable of exercising judgement and making…
What if everything you’d written on a topic over the last decade could be poured into an AI that interacts with you to develop and explore new insights and ideas? This morning I’ve started testing our proof of concept ‘digital brain’, which has read, absorbed and contextualised everything I’ve written in my eGov.AU blog since…
This is a little different from other posts I’ve shared over the years – but shares a core thread with my thinking: we need digital expertise at senior levels across government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors if we want to see Australia thrive in the digital age. I’m standing for election to the Board of the…
To anyone referencing this blog, I’ve now stepped out of Accenture, taking a Voluntary Redundancy. I am refocusing my efforts on other opportunities, beginning with an AI startup, for which we’re in the AI Ventures’ AI Incubator for the next twelve weeks. I also have plans to help startups and SMEs to sell to government,…
I’m attending the Go 2.0 ten years on event today, looking at how the Gov 2.0 agenda has influenced Australia since the Gov 2.0 Taskforce in 2009 and at steps that should be taken for the next ten years. Below is a blog post I have written for this event, capturing some of my thoughts…
One reason I’ve posted less frequently in this blog over the last few years is that, frankly, digital in government has become boring. Digital is now well-embedded in virtually every agency and council at every level of government in Australia and New Zealand, and mobile & online have now been the primary channels for citizens…
I’ve had a continuing interest in start-up ecosystems across Australia, having been a member of several of these ecosystems & helping to mentor and support a range of start-ups over the years. I’ve maintained a Canberra ecosystem map for about four years now, mostly for my own interest and to understand some of the relationships…
I shared this via a Twitter thread, but wanted to include it here for longevity. To learn more about GovHack and the National Red Carpet event, which I attended as a representative of my team & the ACT Spirit of GovHack winner (and finalist for the National Spirit of GovHack), visit www.govhack.org I’ve…
This is a guest post from Jayden Castillo, a colleague of mine at Accenture and an active member of Canberra’s innovation community. Read the original post at LinkedIn: I recently attended the Australian Trucking Association (ATA)’s Hackathon aiming to target driver fatigue, aptly named ‘FatigueHack’. I’m fairly new to Hackathons, this was my second after…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
'; loop.parentNode.insertBefore(w,loop); })();