Labor claims to have a ‘safety agenda’ for possible AI threats

Assistant Technology and Digital Economy Minister Andrew Charlton reacts to dire warnings from AI tech bosses suggesting it could wipe out all of humanity. “The Australian people need to know … the government has been working on those risks for some time,” Mr Charlton told News24 Political Editor Andrew Clennell. “The government’s got a series of initiatives in place … the Australian Safety Institute for AI, which is working on precisely the types of problems these tech leaders have identified. “We’ve got an across-the-board government safety agenda.”