The Australian Prime Minister has announced that the Government will establish an Office of Artificial Intelligence within his department to co-ordinate the design of new Australian Standards for AI.

The standards will deal with national security as well as copyright and artist protection, large AI data centres, workplace issues, and the impact of AI in schools.

They will create a legal obligation for large-scale data centres to underwrite new power supply and be net-generators of energy, not net-users.

The Government aims to introduce legislation to Parliament early in 2027.

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