John Vial

OPINION: The arrival of DeepSeek makes clear AI will keep getting better and cheaper, and businesses need to adjust to take advantage.

OPINION: My latest challenge creating code with AI offered useful insights that may be instructive for users in business.

OPINION: Companies will invest in robotic technology if the value proposition is described in the right way.

OPINION: ChatGPT’s latest model uses an old idea that powers your phone’s mapping app.

OPINION: In the future, robots won’t need to be trained, they will just imagine how people do things.

OPINION: Australian businesses need to adopt innovation and technology in ways that make people more productive.

Training robots to perform reasonably simple tasks requires a huge engineering effort.

OPINION: Development of humanoid robots requires plenty of engineers to build and design the systems and algorithms.

You could try AI and freelancers, but agents offer some insurance against risk and mistakes.

Offers overseas appear more enticing when there’s a lack of willingness to take calculated risks at home.

AI is amazing at matching patterns, but its tendency to ‘hallucinate’ means there are limits to its capacity to ‘think’.

As AI rises, the sourcing, securing and use of data remains problematic for many smaller businesses.

Combining existing AI systems and robotics algorithms may help create household droids that can perform tasks on command.

Innovating within a corporate culture can be challenging, so it pays to know the unwritten rules.

Business owners can breathe a sigh of relief: OpenAI hasn’t destroyed the world.

Being bankrolled in the hundreds of millions is no guarantee of startup success.

Robotics may be a niche field, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t opportunities if you know where to look.

Seven easy (mis)steps to help your young team … with a sprinkling of good advice.

Perhaps Australia can use its well-developed skills in robotics to help other countries adapt.

I began sending video updates of my project every two weeks and started reaping unexpected benefits, John Vial writes.

AI such as ChatGPT may not be as much of a knowledge tool as initially believed.

Corporate innovation is confusing and slow, but innovation doesn’t have to be.

Pitching tech ideas is hard work, but knowing what to avoid can help clear the first hurdle.

A successful Agile team will move out of project delivery and into providing a specific, measurable service.

Changes to the centralised technology department model could bring significant benefits.