Albanese’s AI speech was a good start. Now Australia must confront these bigger questions | Julianne Schultz
The PM’s vision must look beyond datacentres and copyright to questions of capability, security and public benefit Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Every new technology has a tipping point, when it speeds towards ubiquity, changing the world as we once knew it. In the past six months, artificial intelligence, in its various forms, has crossed that threshold. You can measure it in the billions of dollars being invested; the hope-tinged-with-fear decrees from presidents
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Published: 18 July 2026
Source: The Guardian
Category: News
Topics: Copyright & IP · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 19 July 2026
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