Business and government leaders need to learn and adopt artificial intelligence or they'll get left behind, one of Australia's most successful tech entrepreneurs says.

Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar, who stepped down as the collaboration platform's co-CEO a little over a year ago, says AI is already creating a "massive global shift".

"It's changing how we live every single day as consumers", with many people looking for products and services using tools such as ChatGPT, Mr Farquhar told payments giant Stripe's annual conference in Sydney on Thursday.

For companies, "I don't have a specific for every industry, but it feels like one of those technologies that if you're not adopting it quickly, you'll be disrupted by someone who is, unfortunately."

Mr Farquhar said everyone at the mo

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