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 its National AI Plan. Charlton described it as “a national testing capability” and provided the most detailed public account yet of the work it will do.
But will it be enough to keep Australians safe from what could be one of the most powerful, rapidly advancing technologies the world has known?
The harms are already here
