Seven Reasons Australia Needs to Act on AI Risk
Australia’s artificial intelligence (AI) policy debate is at a crossroads. Decisions made in the coming months will determine whether Australians are able to trust AI and capture its benefits or whether we are left exposed to unacceptable and avoidable risk. Calls to wait for yet further reviews ignore the evidence that action is needed now. […]
Submission to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Consultation on the Feeding Australia: National Food Security Strategy
Australia’s food system faces a range of looming global challenges — including from climate change, land degradation, water insecurity, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical instability, disease outbreaks, and threats from emerging technologies.1 These challenges mean that traditional assumptions around the resilience or security of Australia’s food supply will be increasingly challenged. In a plausible worst case […]
Preparedness for mandatory guardrails for AI systems failing in high-risk settings
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems pose major ethical, social, economic and security challenges for Australia. Of considerable concern to AI experts and the companies at the leading edge of AI development is that powerful AI systems will exacerbate the risk of catastrophic harm to society. AI risk could be particularly catastrophic if it intersects with nuclear […]
Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security inquiry into the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024
The Security of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024, included within the Cyber Security Legislative Package, is an important upgrade in Australia’s ability to deal with major national crises and incidents. In this regard, Global Shield strongly supports this bill, in particular its intention to enable the Government to […]