Industry minister Tim Ayres has given the clearest picture yet of the federal government’s AI policy reset, arguing Australia must “lean in” and secure a stake in the technology if it is to have any chance shaping its digital future.
In his first major comments on artificial intelligence since becoming minister last month, Mr Ayres positioned AI and its supporting infrastructure as key to the country’s economic resilience and future competitiveness as other nations jostle for superiority.
But he said any move to “anchor investment and capability” would be shaped by a “social democratic national interest approach that includes all Australians”, including the trade unions.
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