Every confidential message you’ve sent may already be stored — waiting to be unlocked. This is the essence of the “𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁-𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿” problem: data intercepted today could be decrypted once quantum computers mature. This week CSIRO’s Data61 released our new report, 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢 𝙎𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙃𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨, mapping the scale of the challenge and…

What counts as a 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, really? From the strict sense in 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄—where a decision formally alters someone’s rights or entitlements—to the everyday sense where almost everything, from selecting a movie to choosing a candidate, feels like a decision. Yet across these very different contexts, the underlying anatomy looks surprisingly similar. In CSIRO’s Data61 new…

New paper alert (working draft)! “When you really understand what AI is doing, it’s no longer AI — it’s just boring automation.” That old AI community joke captures the paradox of human oversight. We trust calculators and complex business process engines with millions of if–else rules, running hundreds of steps, responding to environmental changes, and…

When I was writing my last two books, I kept wondering: would this be the last book I ever wrote? Why would people still seek knowledge from books when AI can synthesise information across diverse sources, delivering it in a personalised and conversational manner tailored to individual knowledge levels and interests? And to be honest,…

The word “𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍” has become very popular recently as a major approach for AI developers, deployers, and regulators to achieve responsible and safe AI. But what does it mean exactly? 🤔 For some, it means anything that can help safeguard and achieve responsible and safe AI, ranging from governance practices to stakeholder engagement, design, testing/assessment/evaluation,…

I often get asked which underlying foundation model one should choose for their use cases, and whether an organisation or a country should even train one given the immense compute and talent challenges. It’s a complex space to navigate. 🌐 This question becomes even more perplexing with some recent intriguing discoveries, such as:1. Picking and…