'Getting This Right': Labor Unveils Blueprint for AI
The speech will outline new AI principles as Labor resists a fund for artists and copyright talks remain deadlocked.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver a speech on Wednesday in Sydney announcing a new national framework for artificial intelligence, including an Office of AI within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- Negotiations regarding Australia's digital future have stalled as Labor resists an offer from AI giants to create a compensation fund in exchange for copyright exemptions, despite Anthropic linking its $21.5 billion investment to updated laws.
- Amid campaigns by One Nation and residents' groups against data centers, the government faces fragmented state approaches to development, with NSW classifying large facilities as "state significant development" while Victoria uses planning assessments.
- UNSW AI Institute chief scientist Toby Walsh urged the government not to "capitulate" on copyright, saying he was "pleased to see the government waking up" to AI consequences and becoming "bit more interventionist."
- Albanese aims to harness AI benefits while managing risks by establishing new "Australian Standards," seeking to provide clarity for international investors and streamline compliance to position Australia as a leader in AI governance.
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Sydney Morning Herald
PM readies major AI announcement, but deadlock remains on billion-dollar tech tussle
As One Nation and residents groups ramp up campaigns against data centres, the prime minister will deliver a speech on Wednesday, titled AI in Australia’s interests.
‘Getting this right’: Labor unveils blueprint for AI
The impact of artificial intelligence on society will be compared to the change brought by civil aviation 100 years ago as the prime minister unveils a new framework to deal with the fast-moving technology. An Office of AI will be formed in the department of prime minister and cabinet, Anthony Albanese will announce in an address at the University of Sydney on Wednesday. The new office will help co-ordinate the design of new Australian Standards…
Albanese to deliver major speech on artificial intelligence
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will outline new principles and policies on the use of artificial intelligence in a speech tomorrow titled AI in Australia’s interests, on the technology reshaping many facets of the economy and society. Source: The Age.
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