Category: Technology

Beer, bugs and biomass: global techs help make food chains more sustainable

31/7/2023

REGIONAL, TECHNOLOGY

With the race on in Australia to explore more sustainable food production methods, global technology groups Bühler and Vyncke are backing local agribusinesses to fast-track innovation in fields such as complementary proteins, biomass, insects and beers.

Published in evokeAG

How to navigate the latest cyber scams

1/5/2023

TECHNOLOGY, SMALL BUSINESS

As financial losses to cyber fraud ratchet-up across Australia’s business community, Westpac experts explain the latest criminal tactics and how businesses can best avoid them.

Published by IQ.

What the flock? Sheep facial recognition tech on the way

24/4/2023

REGIONAL, TECHNOLOGY

If it comes as a surprise that sheep don't all look the same, it’s likely to be a bigger surprise to hear technology that recognises their faces is on the cusp of being commercialised with the potential to add significant value to the sheep industry.

First published by Westpac Wire.

Facial recognition technology for sheep is near commercialisation, says Dr Mark Ferguson. (Supplied)

Business blind-spots closed by third-party data

25/1/2023

TECHNOLOGY

It’s now the norm for businesses to use data to inform decisions, but the way it’s leveraged can have a material effect on financial performance, says head of Westpac DataX, Jade Clarke.

First published by Westpac Wire

Jade Clarke, head of Westpac DataX, the bank’s data analytics business. (Emma Foster)

Big data helping Aussies to Olympic fast lane

12/12/2022

TECHNOLOGY
Cutting-edge data analytics was key to helping the Australian swim team bring home the most successful Olympic medal haul in history last year, says Swimming Australia’s Jess Corones.

First published on Westpac Wire

Sports scientist Jess Corones working with Olympic swimmer Emma McKeon. (Getty)

New consortium to drive fintech AI

28/11/2022

TECHNOLOGY

Six organisations have joined forces to form a new consortium to drive leading-edge research into responsible adoption of artificial intelligence in the finance sector.

First published on Westpac Wire

The aim of a new consortium is to take fintech AI out of the lab and into practice, says UNSW Professor Fethi Rabhi. (Getty)

Rita shows personality matters in AI

21/11/2022

TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE

The stellar results achieved by small US-based BankSouth since introducing digital assistant Rita shows personality matters in artificial intelligence, says Kasisto’s Lindsay Soergel at Westpac’s TechX.

First published on Westpac Wire

Lindsay Soergel, Kasisto's chief product and experience officer, spoke at Westpac’s TechX convention. (Supplied)

AI, check. Next stop, orchestration.

26/4/2022

TECHNOLOGY

As Westpac breaks new technology ground with a ‘conversational intelligence orchestrator’ first, the chief of partner firm Kasisto, Zor Gorelov, says it’s an important next step in the evolution of the nascent technology.

First published on Westpac Wire.

Zor Gorelov, founder and CEO of Kasisto.

Robots to the rescue during COVID – and here for good

29/6/2021

TECHNOLOGY

If you have a dig around Westpac’s employee directory, you may notice an unusual surge of new starters in the past few years all with the same last name: Robot.

First published on Westpac Wire.

Westpac’s head of robotics and automation, Abhi Kadian, says the number of digital workers across the bank has doubled in the past year to more than 1300. (Supplied)

‘Pretty sci-fi’: Westpac Scholar's nano-robotic drug breakthrough

11/2/2021

TECHNOLOGY, DIVERSITY

Dr Shelley Wickham with her plasma machine. (Image: Emma Foster)

The thought of a robot steering itself through your body to fix health problems seems a bit sci-fi, yet that’s what Dr Shelley Wickham has her sights set on and a new funding win has put her a step closer.

First published in Westpac Wire.

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