Tag: AI Safety Institute

Husic says innovation-regulation trade-off ‘just garbage’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Former industry minister Ed Husic has dismissed the idea that Australia must choose between encouraging AI innovation and regulating the highest-risk application of the technology as “just garbage”. In...

Canberra strikes AI safety pact with Anthropic

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has entered an AI safety and research pact with the Albanese government, making Australia the latest in a small group of nations to formalise...

Nearly $200k, 15 months ‘wasted’ on AI adviser search

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry minister Tim Ayres quietly abandoned his predecessor’s search for expert AI advisers last August after the government spent more than $188,000 on a 15 month recruitment process. Newly...

‘Good at sounding accurate’, but AI fails legal examination

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The most advanced artificial intelligence models aren’t powerful enough to accurately scrutinise bills and laws, new research shows, but a senior legal academic says more and murkier legislation sent...

Red tape threat to top talent joining AI Safety Institute

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s new AI safety institute risks being left without the top tier experts needed to carry out its work if the government saddles it with heavy bureaucratic processes, according...

AI agenda should not clash with online safety laws: Anika Wells

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Communications minister Anika Wells has defended the federal government’s competing artificial intelligence and online safety agendas, saying it will be possible to pursue AI sector growth alongside tighter regulatory...

Australia to establish AI safety institute

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government will establish an AI Safety Institute early next year to assess the risks from emerging artificial intelligence systems and help safeguard Australians from potential harms. Industry...