Synchron hooks up human brain direct to AI

Synchron’s adoption of artificial intelligence into its brain-computer interface is a step towards transhumanism, says the company’s brain-surgeon CEO Tom Oxley, but that’s not why they’re doing it. The incorporation of a large language model into Synchron’s brain tech keeps the Australian-founded, US-headquartered Synchron ahead of its main rival, Elon Musk’s Neuralink, in the race […]

Icon’s benign growth into the UK cancer market

Brisbane-based cancer-care provider, Icon, has bought UK chemotherapy compounding company Pharmaxo, further expanding its presence in the global growth industry. The purchase marks another milestone for Icon which was founded in Toowoomba, 120km west of Brisbane, in 2007 by a group of doctors and radiotherapists hoping to make advanced cancer treatments available to regional Australians. […]

How the Olympics, GFC and an empty bank account made the Tricketts

As the countdown to Paris 2024 continues, Luke Trickett opens up on swimming’s lessons for becoming a serial founder – and subjugating his ego as he watched his more famous wife’s swimming career overtake his own. When the Olympic swimming kicks off in Paris on July 27 the four children of multiple gold medalist Libby […]

Silicon Quantum Computing

Look out, here comes a quantum AI accelerator

Silicon Quantum Computing could launch its first product by the end of the year, chief executive and former Australian of the Year Michelle Simmons says. Silicon Quantum Computing’s “AI accelerator for quantum machine learning” had originally been slated for a 2028 release, but was already being tested by customers, Professor Michelle Simmons said. “It looks […]