๐Our paper โ โToward Responsible AI in the Era of Generative AI: A Reference Architecture for Designing Foundation Model-Based Systemsโ has been awarded the Best Paper Award of IEEE Software 2024! https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10553223 Although CSIRO’s Data61 often publish breakthrough research and win best paper awards at academic conferences, nothing beats being recognised by practitioners. The world-leading…
Double-header day on my favourite topic โ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐.โข 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)โข Fireside chat with Rasika Mohan at the AI Governance Summit Thereโs a joke in the…
At the Digital Transformation Agency AI Government Showcase, my badge listed my first name as โDrโ. I had fun introducing myself as ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟโalas, 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 Leighโs keynote set the tone: ๐๐-๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. This resonates deeply with me as a scientist viewing productivity growth and risk management through the…
Congratulations to Sunny Lee (Finalist of AI in Law) and Amena Khatun (Winner of AI in Quantum)! What a night. These are our program’s third consecutive years of winning.
๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐โ๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง?That tension was front and centre at the ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ 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: ๐ญ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ…
๐ง โ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐โ is everyoneโs magic bulletโbut nobody seems to know the magic sauce.I opened Day 2 of the AI in Government Conference with a keynote on some of the hardest questions in AI-enabled decision-making: โข ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บโ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง…
Great to speak on two panels yesterday at the Government Innovation Week NSW on Cyber Security and AI alongside some great panelists such as The Hon. Victor Dominello and the NSW Privacy Commissioner Sonia Minutillo. Here are my four messages across the two panels: ๐น Everyone has an opinion on AI performance and riskโbut personal…
๐ก People often think scalable AI just means handling more transactions or bigger datasets. But scalability isnโt about size. ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก, ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐-๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก, ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐จ. ๐๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ. At the PAKDD AI Forum earlier today, I shared three dimensions of…
Honoured to be named a finalist at the #AFRAIAwards for our Responsible AI work at CSIRO’s Data61. ๐ It was a fantastic night celebrating Australiaโs vibrant AI community โ and inspiring to see so many collaborators, alumni, and peers leading the charge on impactful AI innovation. At CSIRO, our ambition is simple: ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง…
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