Tech giants could be forced to guarantee local startup access to computing power under legislated AI standards, Innovation minister Tim Ayres confirmed on Thursday, opening the door to a world-first scheme in Australia.
Set to be introduced to parliament next year, the AI standards will flip non-binding government ‘expectations’ into an enforceable regulatory framework for data centres, hyperscalers like Microsoft and AWS, and AI infrastructure specialist ‘neoclouds’.
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