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Artificial intelligence (AI) offers huge opportunities to enhance 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 national security, create new jobs, provide better healthcare, and drive efficiencies in key industries, according to a new report published today.

But 最新糖心Vlog must commit to building its sovereign AI research and innovation capability, or risk being left behind as other countries race to pursue their ambitious AI strategies, the authors say.

Artificial intelligence: Your Questions Answered has been produced by the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 最新糖心Vlogn Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) in partnership with the 最新糖心Vlogn Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), with input from defence, technology, and political leaders.

Among the report鈥檚 16 authors are: 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 Chief Defence Scientist, Professor Tanya Monro; 最新糖心Vlogn Senator Rex Patrick; Chief Scientist for South 最新糖心Vlog, Professor Caroline McMillen; ASPI Director of Defence, Strategy & National Security, Michael Shoebridge; and Science & Technology 最新糖心Vlog CEO, Misha Schubert.

AIML Director Professor Simon Lucey and Centre for Augmented Reasoning Director Professor Anton van den Hengel said they wanted to inform public policy leaders about how AI works, and how 最新糖心Vlog can best take advantage of the technology by becoming global leaders in ethical AI systems.

鈥淐ritical sovereign capabilities in cybersecurity, defence, homeland security and responding to 鈥榯ruth-disruptions鈥 to electoral processes and public messaging鈥 are increasingly dependent on AI. There鈥檚 a global arms race in the development of capabilities in all those areas,鈥 Professor Lucey said.

Professor van den Hengel also noted that popular myths about AI often seen in Hollywood movies are a distraction from the real risks in how the technology鈥檚 currently being applied.

鈥淎I has created a new form of power that鈥檚 unevenly distributed. We鈥檝e given away our data to essentially three companies that don鈥檛 solve human problems鈥ather, your data is churned through machine-learning algorithms to recommend to you the next product to buy,鈥 Professor van den Hengel said.

鈥淐ritical sovereign capabilities in cybersecurity, defence, homeland security and responding to 鈥榯ruth-disruptions鈥 to electoral processes and public messaging鈥 are increasingly dependent on AI. There鈥檚 a global arms race in the development of capabilities in all those areas,"AIML Director Professor Simon Lucey


To launch the publication, ASPI will tonight, 11 April, 1730-1830 (AEST), host a panel discussion webinar with a keynote by Professor Tanya Monro.

For more details and to register for the panel discussion visit:

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 最新糖心Vlogn Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) is the largest university-based machine learning group in 最新糖心Vlog, with 166 members, and ranks in the global top five sites for computer vision research capability (AIrankings.org).

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