politics

Tim Ayres has accused the Coalition of being “juvenile” for criticising the establishment of an Office of AI in the prime minister’s department. Follow live.  Source link

If Australia is truly going to coax major AI companies to choose us rather than the other suitor nations with similar ambitions, some tough decisions need to be made soon. Source link

Liberal Party HQ has admitted it is “in the political fight of our lives” as it canvasses ideas, including reviving gender quotas, to take the party forward. Source link

The creative sector hopes there is a space to contribute to the Office of AI, given its content powers a lot of these tools. Source link

The prime minister unveils Labor’s plan for new AI national standards, warning Australia has a narrow window to set AI’s “social licence”. Source link

The PM has announced new artificial intelligence data centres will be forced to underwrite or supply their own power and minimise their use of water under new AI standards to be introduced to parliament.  Source link

The Australian Signals Directorate says hackers are trying to access information through network devices, such as laptops, which use old software and predictable passwords. Source link

Parts of the Sturt Highway, which connects Sydney to Adelaide and provides an integral part of the country’s freight network, have been given the lowest possible safety rating by the Australian Road Assessment Program (AusRAP). Source link

Tens of billions of dollars in investment, and Australia’s ambition to become a global AI power, could hinge on a law written in 1968 for an era of black-and-white television, film and radio. Source link

Major online platforms are accused of failing to deploy readily available technology to detect well-known blackmail tactics. Source link