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Australia’s government has woken up to the risks of AI. More ambition is needed

By Kimberlee Weatherall, Professor of Law, University of Sydney

This week, Andrew Charlton, the federal assistant minister for science and technology, issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence (AI).

Speaking at the AI Safety Forum at the University of Sydney, he said powerful AI models “are already doing things their creators never intended: cheating, deceiving, going their own way”.

In response, the Australian government has established the AI Safety Institute under…

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