Andrew Charlton

The Government has built in response: an Australian AI Safety Institute, up and running, staffed with world-class expertise, and already inside the engine rooms of frontier AI, testing the most powerful models on the planet.

Because the point of AI safety is not to slow the future down. It is to make sure the future remains human, aligned with our values, and advancing our interests.

The Government has a clear national AI plan that rests on three pillars — capture the opportunity, share the benefits, and keep Australians safe.

Decisions about data use, algorithmic management, surveillance, safety and reskilling are too consequential to be left solely to executives or engineers.

Artificial intelligence will reshape productivity, business models and public services across every economy. But whether it drives broadly shared prosperity or deepens inequality will depend on a critical factor: the extent to which workers have a me...