As the technology increasingly encroaches on defence capabilities, cyber experts and the opposition warn that Australia must redouble its efforts to master it.

Chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Reged Ahmad about the tightrope the PM needs to walk between embracing new technology and new industry while protecting…

As One Nation and residents groups ramp up campaigns against data centres, the prime minister will deliver a speech on Wednesday, titled AI in Australia’s interests.

The head of the new AI Safety Institute says it will prioritise protecting Australia from potential catastrophic harm posed by sophisticated artificial intelligence.

Labor will develop a new national framework in response to artificial intelligence as it seeks to address the technology’s growing economic and social impacts.

The prime minister will emphasise the technology’s “pivotal” role in resuscitating productivity and warn of extremists and hostile states using it “to spread disinformation that…

PM to declare Australia the first country worldwide to bring economic, social, security and environmental issues from AI under single office in major speech

Labor wants to accelerate AI investment while protecting households, workers and creators — but crucial details are still to come.

Coherent decision-making and internal accountability are critical to meeting this manic moment

Australia will enact laws to regulate how artificial intelligence data centres use power and water, and to protect creative copyright, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said…

The prime minister unveils Labor's plan for new AI national standards, warning Australia has a narrow window to set AI's "social licence".

The measures announced sought ostensibly to please both sides of the debate, the interventionists and the let-it-rip brigade.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged an Australia-first approach to AI, promising to protect artists' work and establish guardrails to shape the new technology.

Hours before Albanese delivered a major speech on AI in Sydney, the US state of New York imposed a one-year pause on building new data centres.

Australia will enact laws to regulate how artificial intelligence data centers use power and water, and to protect creative copyright, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said…

Anthony Albanese wants to lead the national conversation on AI. But he is managing political risk and cannot forget AI’s huge opportunities.

The reality is Australia won’t be able to direct much of the activity of Anthropic, Microsoft, Google or OpenAI

“This is our time to decide what AI looks like here in Australia,” Prime Minister Albanese said.

We’re unlikely to compete with the US and China on frontier models. But if the world really goes south, we would benefit from building and training sovereign models.

As the technology increasingly encroaches on defence capabilities, cyber experts and the opposition warn that Australia must redouble its efforts to master it.

Labor insiders expect ongoing debate about artificial intelligence when party faithful gather to hash out a policy platform to guide the next three years.