Science, Technology and Society

A new pilot study is helping Queensland’s small to medium enterprises (SMEs) become more sustainable by designing out waste and using resources more efficiently.

A new report authored by UQ colleagues including Caitlin Curtis and produced with KPMG reveals how much trust Australians have in AI systems and how we think AI should be deployed and managed. Read the accompanying piece in The Conversation.

To find out, we surveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 2,500 Australians in June and July 2020. Our report, produced with KPMG and led by Nicole Gillespie, shows Australians on the whole don’t know a lot about how AI is used, have little trust in AI systems, and believe it should be carefully regulated.

Centre for Policy Futures postdoctoral Research Fellow on Digital Human Rights - Dr Amelia Radke - was recently invited to present on human rights, privacy, and digital technologies at the Valentines Day CryptoBar held at ThoughtWorks in Brisbane, Australia. At this event, attendees learnt practical digital privacy techniques. This included securing messages, protecting your digital identity, and not being tracked online.

Scientists are manipulating genes that could solve environmental sustainability and conservation problems in Australia. But governance challenges may be significant and need to be thought through before the science becomes conservation policy.