Industry figures warn the world is leaving Australia behind in the field of artificial intelligence. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS

Leaders in artificial intelligence warn Australia is falling behind and national productivity gains rest on embracing the technology.

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The sense of urgency for Australia to jump on the global AI bandwagon has not been felt for a "century or so", with Microsoft's John Galligan comparing the technology's spread to electricity and the steam engine.

"This is something that's going to change everything," he told a Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ev

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