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Albanese joins world leaders in call for AI safeguards
Australia has joined a call for international safeguards on artificial intelligence amid warnings from scientists and industry executives that the rapid development of powerful systems could outpace governments’ ability to control emerging risks. Source: The Age.
Cardinal concerned over states ‘going it alone’ on AI
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin says he is concerned over states “going it alone” on artificial intelligence. Source: Vatican News.
Labor frontbencher plays down threat of AI extinction
Labor frontbencher Andrew Charlton has played down doomsday forecasts over an AI extinction threat, insisting Australians should not be overly focused on public warnings from tech bosses. Source: The West Australian.
University to explore use of AI for spiritual guidance
The University of Notre Dame Australia has secured a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to examine how generative artificial intelligence is reshaping spiritual practice and belief formation in Australia.
Human Rights Commission says data centres a threat to human rights
The Australian Human Rights Commission says data centres – which are seeing an extraordinary boom due to artificial intelligence investment – threaten human rights. Source: The Australian.
Pope tells Catholic legislators to put family at heart of AI policy
Months after standing at the Vatican to warn of artificial intelligence development becoming concentrated in a handful of wealthy nations, AI giant Anthropic was found to have been privately asking the NSW Government to make way for massive computing capacity. Source: The Catholic Leader.
South Australia to hold royal commission into AI
South Australia will hold a royal commission into artificial intelligence and the policy around it, with the state government warning of the technology’s potentially destructive impacts as well as acknowledging its upsides. Source: ABC News.
People are not data to be optimised: technology ethicist
The growing influence of artificial intelligence is prompting society to ask profound questions about what it means to be human, according to technology ethicist Victoria Lorrimar. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Technology must serve truth and the common good: Pope
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged communicators to ensure that every technological tool is placed “at the service of truth and the common good”, as the Church reflects on the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence. Source: Vatican News.