⭐️✨ It’s been an incredible week in San Francisco discussing AI Safety with experts across AI labs, civil society, government, and academia. A few key learnings:🔍 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥: Real capabilities emerge only when AI is tested in realistic environments with access to powerful tools, real-world settings, agentic planning, and…
📚 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…
🚀 Exciting to see NAIC releasing “AI and ESG: An Introductory Guide for ESG Practitioners”! https://lnkd.in/gHjZ6qng CSIRO’s Data61 work featured prominently, and it’s fantastic to see our contributions expanded with even more practical examples and insights. 🌍💡 🔹 The report adopts the definition of Responsible AI from our book, Responsible AI: Best Practices for Creating…
🛣️ Back in Singapore for the 3rd time this year! It’s a testament to the growing collaboration between Australia and Singapore. First off, a big thank you to Singapore Tech Week and Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) (Helen Oh) for inviting me to the main stage panel “Synergizing Innovation: Australia and Singapore Leading the…
🚨 Exciting news! We’ve just submitted the final manuscript for our upcoming book, “Engineering AI Systems: Architecture and Devops Essentials” 🎉 It’s been a fantastic journey working with three brilliant co-authors:• Qinghua Lu, Lead of CSIRO’s Data61’s Responsible AI Science team and winner of the Asia Pacific Women in AI Trailblazer Award 2023!• Ingo Weber,…
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’s finally here – the first version of Australia’s Voluntary AI Safety Standard! 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gU694ScG led by National AI Centre Collaborating with the amazing teams at Gradient Institute and Human Technology Institute, I led the overall technical oversight of the standard with deep expertise from Data61’s responsible AI science team. The journey has just…
🎉 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 recently featured in the latest Australian Public Service (APS) Data Profession Spotlight. I shared my journey in data (well before AI was the thing) and discussed the importance of data, AI, and the responsible engineering of data/AI-based systems. See pdf here
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