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How can Australia grasp the opportunities and manage the risks of disruptive technologies such as AI?

    Eight industrial policy hacks: bolstering domestic capability under constrained fiscal conditions

    2 May 2024

    Australia needs a more deliberate approach to industrial policy to achieve a productivity dividend within tight budget constraints – here’s how.

    Christopher Day

  • Safeguarding the future: preventing the misuse of generative AI

    Julie Inman Grant

  • Combatting misinformation and disinformation through more effective regulation

    Alice Dawkins & Rys Farthing

  • Regulating artificial intelligence against gender bias: can Australia emerge as a world leader?

    Ramona Vijeyarasa

More articles

  • The AI genie is out of the bottle – here’s how to regulate it

    Generative AI is here to stay. But with a nuanced understanding of the technology, sophisticated regulation and a long-term view, we can minimise its harms and capitalise on its transformative potential.

    Ian Oppermann

  • A black sky and some green shoots: how to shape AI for the common good

    A passive approach to emerging artificial intelligence technologies could generate significant social problems – but “mission economy” and “just transition” approaches to AI can unlock a better, more inclusive future.

    Jack Isherwood

  • The biggest risks of AI don’t come from it getting smarter than us – they come from us

    Policymakers should prioritise the risks of inequality, a loss of creativity and self-interested manipulation when thinking about AI.

    Jenny Gordon