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'Protecting Australia’s research edge demands more than either pole in the current debate litigating purity while those whose intentions are anything but pure exploit the gaps,' write @BassiJustin, @BuchananLiz and @CoreraJames.
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JOB ALERT 🔊
ASPI is looking for an experienced China analyst or senior analyst to join the team.
The role will focus on China’s foreign and security policy, defence and military affairs, Australia–China relations and China’s impact on the region.
🔗: bit.ly/4z2utBF
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This @abcnews article features remarks from @ASDGovAu's Abigail Bradshaw at the Sydney Dialogue Artificial Intelligence Masterclass on the need for an AI “early warning system” to help defend against the risks posed by the increasingly powerful tech. 🗞️⤵️
abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/a…
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Thanks to @ASPI_org and @davidwroe for convening The Sydney Dialogue’s AI Masterclass.
Enjoyed this panel with @alexcolv1lle, Kai-Shen Huang, and @FinnianMchugh.
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Commenting on the recent Hugging Face incident, @OpenAI's Ann M. O’Leary stressed the importance of getting AI alignment right and highlighted the company's commitment to embedding independent auditors to ensure the right safety processes are in place.
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At #TSDAIMasterclass @RyanFedasiuk says CCP priority on AI security is protecting the party. And he expects a soft walk away from open weight models but this doesn’t mean a slowdown - will keep racing in more closed private sense.
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🤖 That’s a wrap on the #TSDAIMasterclass!
Thank you to our speakers, delegates and partners for a day of frank and insightful discussion on where AI is taking the region and what Australia and its partners can do to ensure they are not mere bystanders.
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AI is going to change everything. Australia should help steer that change | @davidwroe and @BassiJustin | bit.ly/46V0XBv
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At #SydneyDialogue AI Masterclass, one question stood out: Are we shaping AI - or is AI shaping us? Discussion also highlighted #Ukraine’s effective use of AI to counter russian aggression. Demonstrating that AI is not just about innovation- it is as well ab resilience & security
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“Cybersecurity has never been a spectator sport... You cannot run away from this to protect yourself.”
Joining #TSDAIMasterclass, @ASDGovAu’s Abigail Bradshaw emphasised cybersecurity fundamentals as AI raises the security standard for government agencies.
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Legacy software creates ever more risk of AI-enabled cyberattacks. In conversation with ASPI’s @BassiJustin at #TSDAIMasterclass, @ASDGovAU’s Abi Bradshaw explains why government and industry need to act on it now.
Watch below ⤵️ and read more from ASPI: bit.ly/4yFQPbY
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In conversation with ASPI's Head of AI and Security @davidwroe at #TSDAIMasterclass, @ayrestim expressed his confidence in securing future frontier AI models for 🇦🇺:
“🇦🇺 is a good place to invest... 🇦🇺 should approach these issues in my view with some real confidence.”
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Commenting on the Albanese government’s AI policy, @ayrestim said that there is a “battle for technological supremacy across the world” and that “it’s not this Albanese government’s approach that we should just be a cork bobbing on the ocean of that competition.”
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“There is a real sense of incredible responsibility... to make sure we get this right.”
At #TSDAIMasterclass, @OpenAI's Ann M. O’Leary discussed calls for pacing frontier AI development to address safety risks, noting that these conversations have been underway for some time.
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The future of AI in 🇦🇺 won’t be all about the frontier models. According to @nickdavis97 at #TSDAIMasterclass today, getting value from AI across the economy will often mean using the smartest models necessary—because the very smartest models are "too dangerous."
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At the #TSDAIMasterclass, @AEI's @RyanFedasiuk commented on the EU’s attempt at building a full AI stack with insufficient funding, and how the United States has shifted to relying on trusted partners for specialisation.
🎧 Hear his thoughts below ⬇️
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Amid debate over the construction of data centres in Australia, @BharatGen_Com's Aditya Maheshwari tells the #TSDAIMasterclass how the conversation is unfolding in India.
“In India there is literally no opposition to the data centres in the local communities.”
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Talk of an AI pause is one thing; what the frontier labs do is another. In conversation with ASPI’s @davidwroe at #TSDAIMasterclass, @Charlton_AB made it clear that the Australian government expects AI to keep improving at pace.
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Kicking off the day at #TSDAIMasterclass, @Charlton_AB spelled out 🇦🇺's strategy for navigating the new geo-economic landscape of AI: building links to the frontier, finding leverage in the value chain, and pursuing sovereign capability.
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think tankers unleashed mainstream
read @AdelAGhafar & I on future cost of free international maritime trade.
nine.com.au/world-news/middl…
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