The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."
—Eliezer Yudkowsky
Latest news on Australia’s AI ecosystem, government regulations, research institutions, and artificial intelligence adoption in Australia.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei were asked to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry following an OpenAI agent’s unauthorized access to a government portal.
“Disappointed with OpenAI that that it took the company way too long to inform the Government,” says Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as he terms the OpenAI agent hacking government website as “unacceptable situation”.
Young Australians are becoming less engaged with news while increasingly turning to generative AI and digital platforms for information, a new report has found.
The committee will assess AI’s impact on Australia’s economy, laws, data sovereignty and communities, along with AI adoption, workforce impacts, security risks and emerging technologies.
A new study by Australian education research group Learning First has warned that AI is already disrupting classrooms and the risks to student learning are no longer a future concern.
The Australian regulator ‘eSafety Commissioner’ said it may ask internet search engines and app stores to block AI tools that do not put age verification system.
