Tag: David Shoebridge

Greens leadership fight scuttles Senate AI committee hearing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Senate committee conducting an inquiry into AI and data centres has scuttled its hearing in Canberra scheduled for Thursday, apparently falling victim to the Greens’ unexpected leadership change....

Greens’ tech maven takes party leadership

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Greens have vowed to stare down “US tech billionaires” and “replace” Labor under new leader David Shoebridge, who emerged victorious on Wednesday from a closely contested leadership race....

Sell AI plan at home before UN, Greens tell PM

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Anthony Albanese has no mandate to spruik his AI plan on the world stage at the United Nations next week, the Greens say, accusing the government of failing to...

Gig Guide: AI trailblazer Simon Lucey heads to StartupLand

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian Institute for Machine Learning director Professor Simon Lucey has stepped down after six years at the 200 member research institute to lead a new AI venture. Professor Lucy...

Greens push for tougher AI guardrails and sovereign capability

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Greens’ new spokesperson on artificial intelligence David Shoebridge has flagged new policies from the party on sovereign AI capability development and a tougher stance on digital protections for...

Greens push one-year cap on police hacking powers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Greens hold “significant concerns” with plans to extend the life of controversial police hacking powers for another three years without the stronger safeguards proposed by the national security...

New laws to set standards for data centre boom: PM

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Data centre operators will be forced to underwrite new power supply, slash their water use and face a new “common sense” test on whether facilities can be built under...