Sovereign by design: AI foundations for government
Three priorities for Australia’s sovereign AI conversation: a richer AI stack, meaningful access to frontier capability, and reusable assurance that supports confident adoption.
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What is the human’s role when AI gets the answer right?
Read more: What is the human’s role when AI gets the answer right?What remains for humans when AI gets the answer right? Our new work on understanding-first AI engineering treats human understanding as a first-class objective, alongside verification and increasingly autonomous AI work.
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AI engineering: intelligence and trustworthiness
Read more: AI engineering: intelligence and trustworthinessQinghua Lu and I introduce AI engineering in the inaugural AI and Software Engineering column in IEEE Software: where intelligence should sit, what makes systems trustworthy, and why understanding cannot be outsourced.
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Responsible AI in public audit
Read more: Responsible AI in public auditAt IMPACT 2026, I joined NSW Auditor-General Bola Oyetunji to share how our partnership is delivering responsible AI for public audit, and what AI researchers and auditors can learn from each other.
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Epistemic safety in scalable oversight
Read more: Epistemic safety in scalable oversightGetting the right answer is not enough. Our new report with the Australian AI Safety Institute explores hidden influence in AI oversight and how to make it harder to sustain.
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Elected a Fellow of ATSE
Read more: Elected a Fellow of ATSEHonoured to be elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, with the citation “trustworthy AI innovator”. A shared achievement and a starting point for greater service to the community.
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Human Control in the Age of AI Agents
Read more: Human Control in the Age of AI AgentsReflections on the UN AI Panel’s new brief: evaluation pressure, external agent state, shutdownability and defence in depth.
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AI Safety and Security at ASPI
Read more: AI Safety and Security at ASPIThree reflections from ASPI’s AI Masterclass on operational AI capability, speed as a security property, and solve-verify asymmetry.
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French-Australian AI Collaboration
Read more: French-Australian AI CollaborationReflections on opportunities for French-Australian collaboration in foundational AI, system-level engineering, industrial modelling and sovereign capability.
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Women in AI Awards 2026
Read more: Women in AI Awards 2026Reflections on being recognised as a male champion for women in AI, and on how research leaders can create opportunities, offer encouragement and help talent thrive.
