📚 It’s incredible how much has changed in just a year! When I delivered the opening talk at last year’s Generative AI for Government Summit, we were still experimenting cautiously and exploring the technology’s potential. This year, in the second installment of the conference, I had the chance to share CSIRO’s Data61 lessons learned from…

First, on 30th October (11:00 am to 12:00 pm AEDT), I’ll dive into “𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝑰 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚: 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂’𝒔 𝑨𝑰 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅”, hosted by National AI Centre. Having contributed to its development, together with other panellists, I’ll share how Australia’s work aligns internationally, from high-level principles and frameworks to concrete practices, and how Australia is leading many…

I have a confession to make. Although I studied physics (I loved maths, but more importantly, useful maths) and computer science (a long-time hobby turned profession), I once dreamed of becoming a lawyer. 😏 I was the best debater at my university and even competed nationally. Some of my favourite books include jurisprudence and constitutional…

🎉 It was a pleasure speaking at the ASFA | The Voice of Super conference about our ESG-Responsible AI framework (CSIRO’s Data61 Alphinity Investment Management Jessica Cairns )https://lnkd.in/gw9FFKJG During my panel, I focused on three key points: 1️⃣ The unique nature of this AI wave – Unlike past general-purpose technologies like electricity or computers, AI…

I was glad to share some observations on AI adoption and challenges, both from CSIRO’s perspective as a science organisation and as scientists building science copilots and AI agents, as well as CSIRO’s collaboration with industry. I emphasised the importance of AI system-level evaluation, test cases, organisational learning, and the nuanced roles humans play in…

It was my pleasure to welcome this year’s cohort of 30+ Australian companies selected to engage with CSIRO and experience how to conduct digital and AI innovation. I covered some empirical studies related to the return on investment for SMEs investing in digital technologies, the impact of the new wave of AI with general capabilities…

🤔 What does “𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍” really mean in “meaningful human oversight” when it comes to GenAI? How can humans oversee something they don’t fully understand? What are the approaches? It was a pleasure to explore these questions in my talk earlier today at the GenAI Summit Sydney. I debunked a few common myths—like “human-in-the-loop solves everything,”…

The recent global IT outage due to an update from CrowdStrike taught us some interesting insights. While we could blame upstreams, why can certain organisations recover within hours while others may need weeks? Why are the most heavily regulated industries (health, finance, airlines) hit the hardest? 🤔 I answered these questions in the opening panel…

I had the great pleasure of chairing a panel (Penten CEO Greg Barsby, QuintessenceLabs founding CTO John Leiseboer, Services Australia CIDO Charles McHardie AM, and Danesh Jogia from Australian Signals Directorate) on post-quantum cybersecurity and data management resilience at the “Quantum Meets Public Service” event. The event was amazingly organised by Cathy Foley‘s Chief Scientist…