Build sovereign AI now or face ‘lock-in’, Australia warned


Australia must develop its own domain-specific AI models at a minimum if it is to have any chance of combating regional ‘AI lock-in’ and build a competitive edge with the fast-moving technology.

That’s according to Daryl Plummer, a chief of research at analyst firm Gartner, who has also warned of the difficulty of guaranteeing sovereignty without control over the AI chips that power the models.

“Everything’s built on a single …

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