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The use of AI in the airline industry is more than customer chatbots and flight status updates, with Qantas among the early adopters of bespoke tech that has saved it nearly $100m.
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It's a bird, it's a plane! No, it's just Qantas using artificial intelligence. The use of AI in the airline industry is more than customer chatbots and flight status updates, with Qantas among the early adopters of bespoke tech that has saved it nearly $100m.

Australia has taken another leap in capitalising on the AI boom, with Macquarie Technology Group starting construction on a new $350m data centre in Sydney.

Harvey Norman chief executive Katie Page says AI is now available to everyone, after a new line of laptops featuring hardware specifically designed to run the technology’s power hungry tasks hit the Australian market.

Let me know what you think — lynchj@theaustralian.com.au
Jared Lynch
Technology editor
AVIATION
How Qantas is using AI on flights...and saving millions
The use of AI in the airline industry is more than customer chatbots and flight status updates, with Qantas among the early adopters of bespoke tech that has saved it nearly $100m.
TIGHT SECURITY
High security for new $350m data centre amid AI boom
Australia has taken another leap in capitalising on the artificial intelligence boom, with Macquarie Technology Group starting construction on a new $350m data centre in Sydney.
PRODUCT LAUNCH
‘AI for everyone’ after new PCs hit the market: Harvey Norman
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EXCLUSIVE
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS GUIDE
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