Jul 21, 2026 – 8.00pmTwo of Australia’s leading developers of artificial intelligence have criticised the Albanese government for choosing overseas tech giants to trial its GovAI chatbot project and failing to match its sovereign artificial intelligence rhetoric with adequate industry funding.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week outlined his vision for Australia to be “much more than a data warehouse for AI products made overseas” in a landmark speech where he announced a new Office of AI within his own department to set new Australian standards on data centre development.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles