The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is an independent, non-partisan think tank focused on Australia's defence, cyber, tech and strategic policy.
Canberra, Australia
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'Instead of accepting whatever [AI] access arrangements the market and alliance deliver by default, Australia needs to move to deliberate managed dependence within the US orbit,' writes Hannah Merchant. aspistrategist.org.au/to-sec…
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'To prevent [a war over Taiwan], the world’s leading democracies need to establish an alliance formidable enough to deter China from any such use of force,' writes Chris Hamer. aspistrategist.org.au/to-det…
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'India is managing its relationship with China sector by sector. This is clearest when looking at where India has relaxed its regulatory restrictions on Chinese involvement in Indian industry,' writes Shibani Mehta. aspistrategist.org.au/indias…
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To secure frontier AI access, Australia’s best bet is a coalition of the dependent | Hannah Merchant | bit.ly/4xJADW6
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We’re pleased to welcome Dr Osamu Nishiwaki as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at ASPI.
A former Director-General for Trade and Economic Security at @METI_JPN, Dr Nishiwaki will contribute to research on economic security, defence and 🇦🇺-🇯🇵 relations.
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"The reason that it has a disproportionate impact on rural and regional Australia is simply by virtue of the tyranny of distance," ASPI Senior Fellow Andrew Henderson tells @abcnews on the impact of the war in the Middle East on fuel prices in regional 🇦🇺.
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On the likelihood of a diplomatic breakthrough emerging from US-Iran meetings in New York this week, @AdelAGhafar told @AJEnglish that while there appears to be “genuine” movement towards reigniting negotiations, there is also “a fair amount of posturing”.
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India’s relationship with China should be understood sector-by-sector | Shibani Mehta | bit.ly/4z1gP1E
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'The same tyranny of distance that shaped Australia’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network is now shaping how Canada approaches surveillance and defence of its Arctic,' writes @raelock. aspistrategist.org.au/austra…
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'The old class war asked who controlled the means of production. The emerging epistemic divide asks how democratic societies determine whom to trust,' writes @johncoyne14. aspistrategist.org.au/austra…
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The Head of ASPI's AI and Security program @davidwroe joined @STomevska on @abcnews to unpack the OpenAI Medicare hack, the company's response to the breach, the need for stronger AI safeguards & why it could take a major disaster before 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳 take AI regulation seriously. 📹⬇️
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'As AI becomes embedded throughout military decision-making, differences in legal and operational limits risk causing friction precisely when coalition forces need smoother decision making,' writes Samuel White. aspistrategist.org.au/austra…
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Speaking to @abcnews, ASPI's @davidwroe discussed an OpenAI agent hacking a Medicare portal, why the fact that the breach went undetected for months is a national security concern, and the urgent need to strengthen cyber defences and regulation of frontier AI.
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Always good to talk to LJ. It's a very interesting case that we need to learn from but it's the trend that we should really worry about more than this individual incident. Another alarm bell that should spur action.
ASPI's @davidwroe joined @News24Aust to discuss revelations that an OpenAI agent accessed a Medicare data portal, the risks of increasingly autonomous AI systems and why governments need to address the “global human coordination problem” around AI safety.
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ASPI's @davidwroe joined @News24Aust to discuss revelations that an OpenAI agent accessed a Medicare data portal, the risks of increasingly autonomous AI systems and why governments need to address the “global human coordination problem” around AI safety.
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