{"id":241864,"date":"2026-07-09T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/australias-government-has-woken-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-more-ambition-is-needed\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:50:08","slug":"australias-government-has-woken-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-more-ambition-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/australias-government-has-woken-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-more-ambition-is-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s government has woken up to the risks of AI. More ambition is needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/australias-government-has-woken-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-more-ambition-is-needed-287059\">Australia\u2019s government has woken up to the risks of AI. More ambition is needed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/australias-government-has-woken-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-more-ambition-is-needed-287059\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/australias-government-has-woken-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-more-ambition-is-needed-287059<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-09 22:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Charlton warns that powerful AI models are already doing harmful things that their creators never intended.<\/li>\n<li>The Australian government established the AI Safety Institute under its National AI Plan to address AI risks and harms.<\/li>\n<li>The AI Safety Institute aims to analyze, regulate, and guide safe AI development and deployment.<\/li>\n<li>Current AI harms affecting Australians include nudify apps, scams, deepfakes, chatbot harms, and cybersecurity risks.<\/li>\n<li>Compared to international budgets, concerns are raised about whether Australia&#8217;s AI Safety Institute\u2019s budget is adequate for its task.<\/li>\n<li>To effectively manage AI&#8217;s potential risks, there is a call for increased governmental action, including a digital duty of care legislation and digital inclusion efforts.<\/li>\n<li>The broader conversation on AI should encompass its societal, ethical, and moral implications to build trust and address potential harms effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s government has woken up to the risks of AI. More ambition is needed https:\/\/theconversation.com\/australias-government-has-woken-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-more-ambition-is-needed-287059&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/747062\/original\/file-20260710-71-xd8uyh.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C1667%2C7205%2C3602&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241866,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241864\/revisions\/241866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}