It was a great pleasure to deliver 𝗮 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗖𝗠 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. Recent reports such as OpenAI’s GDPVal and METR show that AI systems can now autonomously perform complex doing/solving tasks and often surpass human experts on…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 (𝗚𝗣𝗔𝗜) 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘆?• What if it isn’t just another “general-purpose technology” like computing, but a bundle of many specific-purpose technologies out-of-the-box?• And what if calling AI a “capital investment” is also a category error—when in reality it behaves more like inexpensive labour? Yesterday at the Cost-Benefit…

Just sat down with the latest episode of The Institutional Edge: Real allocators. Real alpha. — and this one hits right at the crossroads of technology, investing, and sustainability. Angelo Calvello speaks with me about why AI’s ESG impact is so hard to measure and what investors can realistically do about it. We dig into…

I never imagined I would one day share a speaking session — and a speaker room chat — with the 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵. Thanks to the Zoho event in Sydney, that happened. Speaking right after Hugh Watson Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology also added a valuable global perspective to…

I was glad to join the 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸, contributing to discussions on both AI and cyber. The event was buzzing with energy, sharp questions, and concrete use cases being shared. On cybersecurity, my key messages were:1. You don’t need to copy-share data everywhere—doing so only increases the attack surface. Analytics and compute…

Double-header day on my favourite topic — 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.• Remote presentation at the Symposium on Responsible AI in Public Administration (organised by the wonderful Jason Grant Allen, bringing together law and AI experts in the same room in Singapore)• Fireside chat with Rasika Mohan at the AI Governance Summit There’s a joke in the…

At the Digital Transformation Agency AI Government Showcase, my badge listed my first name as “Dr”. I had fun introducing myself as 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿—alas, no time machine, just discussions about the future of AI. I joined a fantastic panel with colleagues, including the former and current directors (Stela SOLAR Lee Hickin) of the National AI…

A very enjoyable day at the AFR Government Services Summit yesterday. Minister Leigh’s keynote set the tone: 𝗔𝗜-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. This resonates deeply with me as a scientist viewing productivity growth and risk management through the…

𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚—𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧?That tension was front and centre at the 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 panel at the Defence AI Research Network (DAIRNet) Defense AI and Industry Symposium (part of ADM Defence Summit). Here are some of the messages I was trying to deliver: 𝟭. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲…