The country's former chief science advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, is leading development of a framework to evaluate artificial intelligence, but which could also be applied to quantum computing and even gene editing.

Attempting to forecast the future of quantum computing today is akin to predicting flying cars and ending up with cameras in our phones instead.

Sydney this week kicked off its first SXSW festival, an offshoot of the annual Austin, Texas-based that explores the intersection between music, media and technology.

A dedicated fintech undergraduate degree will prepare students to enter the rapidly growing fintech sector which generates $1.8 billion in export earnings for the country.