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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
We're pleased to announce @Altana_AI's Alice Hudson & @NEC's Tak Tada will join the speaker lineup for the TSD AI Masterclass on 14 September in Canberra.
With less than two weeks to go, limited tickets remain.
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In the Early Edition: 🇦🇺's Defence Minister heads to 🇺🇸 for talks on a second home for Anthropic, while Together AI takes capacity & chips from 🇸🇦-backed Humain.
Also: The Pentagon adds ChatGPT Mil & Grok for Government to https://t.co/tnvgNba9f0.
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We're delighted to announce Jeff Bleich, @AnthropicAI's International Special Envoy, joins the speaker lineup for the TSD AI Masterclass.
Don't miss your chance to hear from leading experts on one of the most consequential technologies of our time.
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
We're delighted to announce that @OpenAI's Ann O’Leary joins the Sydney Dialogue AI Masterclass on 14 September in Canberra.
Hear her perspective from the frontier of AI as advances at the world’s leading labs gather momentum.
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In the Early Edition: PM Albanese seeks national cabinet agreement on minimum obligations for data centres, while opposition to data centre's becomes a campaign issue in 🇺🇸.
Also: Alibaba releases its Wan3.0 video-generation model. 🤖
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It is an honour for the entire @ASPI_org team to have John Howard & Kim Beazley co-author this piece to mark the institute’s 25th anniversary.
“ASPI has consistently exerted positive influence on security policy… ASPI’s role is more important than ever.”
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🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
We're delighted to announce that @ayrestim will speak at the TSD AI Masterclass on 14 September in Canberra.
Hear from leading experts as they unpack the opportunities, challenges and implications of AI.
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ASPI's @GPriyandita joined @ChannelNewsAsia to discuss how AI is making it easier for hackers to conduct cyber attacks, including through AI agents that identify and exploit vulnerabilities in cyber defences, and whether cyber defences can keep up.
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Today's @politico Canberra Playbook features @davidwroe's latest article in The Strategist examining the rapid evolution of AI and why raising world-leading Australian talent will be a no-regrets investment.
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🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨
In ‘Digital infrastructure in South Asia’, Shruti Jargad argues that China’s growing digital footprint in South Asia is creating long-term vulnerabilities for the strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty of countries in the region.
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In the Early Edition: 🇫🇷's under-15 social media ban has been struck down, while 🇦🇺's under-16 ban faces scrutiny.
Also: 🇨🇳's plan to become a leading AI training data supplier and an alleged Chinese intelligence operation targeting 🇦🇺.
🔗 Read it here: https://t.co/gIMKvKVpvZ
'Defenders cannot counterattack their way to a more secure cyberspace: there are too many adversaries pursuing too many easy pickings. But offence might meaningfully reduce depredations in the short term,' writes @Jason_Healey. https://t.co/ZmZ2bE9smH
🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
We're delighted to announce @stevenmatainaho, Secretary of 🇵🇬's Department of ICT, and Olivia Shen, Director of @USSC's Strategic Technologies Program, will speak at the TSD AI Masterclass on 14 September.
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This @australian article highlights ASPI's China Defence Universities Tracker, revealing Shandong University's links to the agency responsible for Chinese nuclear-weapons research and development.
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📰 Read: https://t.co/1SzhKAoZ6E
On concerns around China’s efforts to export its data worldwide to train AI systems, @alexcolv1lle tells @nytimes: “The downside of this will be that it gives greater power for authoritarian states to dictate a chatbot’s values.”
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The latest edition of AI Under Heaven is out now!
This edition covers China's push for “digital sovereignty” to dislodge US “digital hegemony”, debates over Kimi-K3 and how a Chinese AI model cleaned up a cyberattack caused by OpenAI.
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NEW PROGRAM 📌
ASPI has launched its new Artificial Intelligence & Security Program.
Led by @davidwroe, the program will deliver research, commentary & analysis to help inform policy on one of the defining strategic issues of our time.
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