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AI expert Nick Jennings speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about calls for an slowdown in the development of frontier AI models.

The federal government is betting on tax incentives and private capital to drive growth, but questions remain over costs, oversight and who benefits.

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The timing of the disclosure (and the incident itself) is fortuitous in a political sense, vindicating the government’s recent AI warnings.

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The federal government is unambiguous about the need for more nurses, builders and electricians. But the plan to find and fund these workers is less clear.