Australia has set up a national Office of AI. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also promised new copyright protection for creatives, in a speech in Sydney.
Albanese announced the plan on Wednesday at the University of Sydney, the Guardian reported. His government billed it as a major speech on AI. It covered copyright, data-centre rules, and a new central office to coordinate AI policy.
The Office of AI will sit within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, with immediate effect. The government called Australia the first country to bring AI’s economic, social, security, and environmental issues under one framework.
The office will work with industry and innovation minister Tim Ayres and assistant science minister Andrew Charlton. It will design Australian AI standards and coordinate work across government.
Copyright and creatives
