Gov Showcase NSW Panel: AI Is Changing Data Governance
Reflections from the Government Innovation Showcase NSW 2026 on why AI is moving data governance closer to the point of use and into continuous technical controls.
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AI in Government Panel: From Capability to Scalable Governance
Read more: AI in Government Panel: From Capability to Scalable GovernanceReflections from a panel on AI in Government during Innovation Month, focusing on capability, context-dependent performance, evidence-based assurance, and continuous governance.
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Internetware Keynote: Software is Dead. Long Live the Environment
Read more: Internetware Keynote: Software is Dead. Long Live the EnvironmentReflections from the Internetware 2026 keynote on AIWare, distributed intelligence, verification-first design, and the role of harnesses and environments in growing trustworthy systems.
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AI Safety Forum Keynote
Read more: AI Safety Forum KeynoteIt was a privilege to deliver the opening keynote at the Australian AI Safety Forum, bringing together researchers, industry and government to discuss the findings of the International AI Safety Report and what they mean for Australia’s AI safety future. My keynote argued that AI safety is entering a new phase. First, practical AI capability…
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National Communication Museum AI Summit
Read more: National Communication Museum AI SummitReally appreciated that the National Communication Museum AI Summit (Thanks, Emily Siddons) brought together a privacy professional (Patricia Calabro), a psychiatrist/science-fiction writer (Grace Chan https://lnkd.in/gXtd6N-k) and me, an AI engineer/scientist, to discuss trust and automated decision making. Before the panel, I wandered through the museum and unexpectedly went down memory lane: childhood computers, old communication…
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Aus Gov Data Summit Panel
Read more: Aus Gov Data Summit PanelA great panel yesterday at the Aus Gov Data Summit. Here were my key messages. Why do we call AI a black box when we can inspect every parameter, activation, and optimisation step? The challenge sits with understanding. Even with full visibility, we still cannot explain why the system behaves the way it does. But…
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What do We Mean by Scalable AI?
Read more: What do We Mean by Scalable AI?At the recent GovAI Summit, I spoke on “Engineering Trustworthy AI at Scale: How CSIRO Enables Responsible AI Across Government.” I have given similar talks before, but this one was a bit different. I focused more directly on a question that is often misunderstood: What do we actually mean by scalable AI? Most discussions interpret…
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Where Should Australia Play in the AI Stack?
Read more: Where Should Australia Play in the AI Stack?Good panel discussion the Deloitte Connect event yesterday: “Why Australia? Conditions that cement us as a regional leader and exporter of AI.” Thanks to Joana Valente for moderating, and to fellow panellists Paul Grimes Belinda Dennett , and Rianne Van Veldhuizen for a thoughtful conversation. My contribution focused on a few questions/dimensions that may help…
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AI Impact Summit – Day 3
Read more: AI Impact Summit – Day 3Day three, the research symposium day, was the reason I came. You do not often get to hear and interact with Sir Demis Hassabis, Yoshua Bengio, Yann LeCun and alike on the same day. Sir Demis predicted AGI within five to eight years. Whether that timeline holds or not, two themes stood out. First, learning…
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AI Impact Summit – Day 2
Read more: AI Impact Summit – Day 2Day two was a collision of optimism, scale, and strategic uncertainty. I spent most of it roaming the exhibition hall and joining panels. Reportedly, the summit is attracting close to 300,000 people. Large global firms, small startups, sovereign AI showcases. It genuinely feels as if the entire AI industry has descended on India. What did…
