How can generative and agentic AI improve public auditing without weakening trust? CSIRO’s Data61 has recently entered a multi year partnership with the Audit Office of New South Wales to explore how AI can support government audit functions in a transparent, accountable, and responsible way. I wanted to rephrase and share this after seeing the…
As part of the international expert advisory group representing Australia, I’m pleased to see the second Key Update of the AI Safety Science Report, led by Yoshua Bengio, released (link in the comment). The official update captures the broad progress: more robust adversarial training, better AI-generated content tracking, wider adoption of frontier safety frameworks, and…
Every few weeks brings a new AI framework — but rarely one that genuinely helps organisations simplify. The National AI Centre‘s new guidance on responsible AI adoption, launched this week, is a welcome exception. It distils earlier guidance and complex international work into six clear, balanced practices that bridge governance intent with operational reality. We…
Cognitive overload, opaque automation, and AI surveillance are reshaping the modern workplace. I’m sharing some insights from my talk at the Safety Sphere, Australia’s leading HSE practitioner network, on “𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿: 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹-𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜.” We examined how AI not only enhances productivity but also creates new health,…
It has been a great honour to represent Australia on the Expert Advisory Panel for the International AI Safety Report, led by Joshua Bengio and backed by over 30 countries and international organisations including the EU, OECD and UN. This is the most important ongoing effort to monitor AI capability gains and safety risks of…
CSIRO’s Data61 latest research gives copyright owners and data producers a new superpower — the option to make their sensitive and sovereign data 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 by AI. It’s been getting some attention, with us appearing on ABC TV, 7 News, and 2GB radio to explain the technology. Unlike past “confuse the AI” tricks like data poisoning,…
🏆Our paper — “Toward Responsible AI in the Era of Generative AI: A Reference Architecture for Designing Foundation Model-Based Systems” has been awarded the Best Paper Award of IEEE Software 2024! https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10553223 Although CSIRO’s Data61 often publish breakthrough research and win best paper awards at academic conferences, nothing beats being recognised by practitioners. The world-leading…
Congratulations to Sunny Lee (Finalist of AI in Law) and Amena Khatun (Winner of AI in Quantum)! What a night. These are our program’s third consecutive years of winning.
Honoured to be named a finalist at the #AFRAIAwards for our Responsible AI work at CSIRO’s Data61. 🙌 It was a fantastic night celebrating Australia’s vibrant AI community — and inspiring to see so many collaborators, alumni, and peers leading the charge on impactful AI innovation. At CSIRO, our ambition is simple: 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…
🚀 What’s the hottest trend in AI agents right now?It’s not the traditional workflow-based or API-calling agents. The most interesting agents today are 𝗚𝗨𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 — ones that see what you see on the screen. They don’t just execute calls behind the scenes — they observe, interpret, and interact with visual interfaces just like human…
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