

"All companies operating in Australia need to respect Australia’s sovereign right to apply security arrangements based on the best advice of security agencies, and comply with those requirements," he said. A Huawei Australia spokesman described the comments made by the Institute as "outrageous".Ī Thales spokesman said the digital security company would continue its longstanding support of ASPI. Huawei Technologies Australia director of corporate and public affairs Jeremy Mitchell on Wednesday wrote to local representatives at Google, Telstra and defence contractor Thales, as they have commercial relationships with the Chinese equipment provider.Īn earlier report by ASPI in July 2018 linked Huawei to a major data breach in Africa that had been uncovered by an investigation in French newspaper Le Monde. The government last year banned both companies from any involvement in building the nation's 5G network. The institute was launched by the government in 2001 and in the past 12 months its analysts have published several articles and reports critical of Huawei and, to a lesser extent, technology company ZTE.


while at the same time driving sales for merchants," McMullan said.Electronics giant Huawei has attempted to pressure some of Australia's biggest companies, including Telstra, over their support for a defence policy think tank that has been critical of Chinese telecommunications providers.Ī Huawei Australia executive emailed letters to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's high-profile sponsors Google, Telstra and Thales on Wednesday afternoon criticising the think tank's approach as "anti-China" and warning their support of the organisation might reflect poorly on them. “Through this partnership, we will be able to better help customers find personalised and relevant offers to save money while they shop across platforms.

“It will accelerate our ability to deliver a broader customer proposition through more personalised experiences, which delivers greater value for our customers.”Ĭomyn said CBA envisions AI and machine learning technology being implemented right across the bank's operations, building on "foundational data and analytics capabilities that the bank has developed over the past decade."ĬBA’s chief data and analytics officer Dr Andrew McMullan will sit on the H2O.ai board. “The partnership will further differentiate and extend our artificial intelligence capability to better anticipate customer needs, and reimagine products and digital experiences to meet those needs," Comyn said in a statement. Under the exclusive partnership, CBA now has access to H2O.ai’s team of machine learning engineers and data scientists to assist the bank in creating AI-powered solutions.ĬBA chief executive Matt Comyn said working with H2O.ai will allow the bank to provide smarter and better tailored products to its customers.
