Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE

Australia’s digital capability moment lies in the shift to ‘AI agency’ Australia is entering a defining phase in its digital transformation agenda as government and industry converge on a new national focus -- building genuine AI capability rather than chasing the elusiv...

Australia’s digital capability moment lies in the shift to ‘AI agency’ www.innovationaus.com/australias-d...

"The Shortest History of AI – Toby Walsh

Brilliant thinkers take massive topics and distil them into lively, digestible reads. Toby Walsh’s take on AI does exactly that. A perfect primer for all of us as we build our intelligent futures."

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2062: Where is AI taking us?
Toby Walsh.

TAO journal 2025. doi.org/10.1016/j.ta...

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

This is your regular reminder that 10% of Meta' income ($16 billion/year) is fraud, .

Can you name any other legitimate business that promotes crime as much as this?
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Manias, Panics, and AI Simon Johnson & Piero Novelli argue that the history of investment booms suggests three questions that should be asked of the current one.

Manias, Panics, and AI by Simon Johnson, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/fkFTLU3

UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health British fertility clinics raise scientific and ethical objections over patients sending embryos’ genetic data abroad for analysis

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Google’s AI model is getting really good at spoofing phone photos We’re cooked.

Google’s AI model is getting really good at spoofing phone photos. Pretty irresponsible if you ask me .... www.theverge.com/report/83797...

Why Sam Altman Declared ‘Code Red’ at OpenAI What happens when the avatar of the AI boom loses its juice?

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This plan is bereft of real ambition for Australian industry There are a couple of features that stand out about the National AI Plan unveiled by the federal government this week. The first and most obvious is that it is not a plan at all. Rather, it delivers a...

This plan is bereft of real ambition for Australian industry www.innovationaus.com/this-plan-is...

Australians must become 'AI makers, not AI takers', chief scientist warns Australia’s chief scientist Tony Haymet has issued a blunt warning that the nation must seize the AI and data centre opportunity by creating homegrown intellectual property – not just by hosting forei...

Australians must become ‘AI makers, not AI takers’, chief scientist warns.

VERY TRUE! www.innovationaus.com/australians-...

Australian Academy of Science on X: "Lost for words? The Academy’s 10th annual reading and listening list has you covered. Whether you're seeking a hilarious memoir or a deep dive into AI, let our Fellows' recommendations guide you. https://t.co/HZcINPLkio https://t.co/KdrZeyxA3d" / X Lost for words? The Academy’s 10th annual reading and listening list has you covered. Whether you're seeking a hilarious memoir or a deep dive into AI, let our Fellows' recommendations guide you. https://t.co/HZcINPLkio https://t.co/KdrZeyxA3d

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Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Coralie fought to prevent deepfake abuse. Then the trolls came for her Violent AI-generated abuse material targeting Australians is posing a national security risk, experts have warned.

www.smh.com.au/national/cor...

Elon Musk’s Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than Leonardo da Vinci Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field

Sycophancy of AI chatbots reaching new heights ...

Elon Musk’s Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than Leonardo da Vinci www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models

Poets will be the new hackers .... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Our approach to mental health-related litigation We’re sharing our approach to mental health-related litigation. O handle sensitive cases with care, transparency, and respect while continuing to strengthen safety and support in ChatGPT.

“But, at the end of the day, they will have to explain to a jury why countless people have died by suicide or at the hands of ChatGPT users urged on by the artificial intelligence OpenAI and Sam Altman designed.” openai.com/index/mental...

Toby Walsh | Ministry of AI What can we expect from a world of deepfakes where anything you see or hear might be synthetic and the output of AI? Listen as Toby Walsh unpacks it all.

The Ministry of AI.

Worth a listen. Fun ending to surprise you.
www.unswcentreforideas.com/article/toby...

Launching the Genesis Mission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

The “Genesis Mission” is a dedicated, coordinated effort to unleash a new age of AI‑accelerated innovation and discovery that can solve the most challenging problems of this century.

[Aside: unfortunate name, sounds like a bad science fiction story!] www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Must act now to shape AI future The decisions made today by the federal government and private sector will determine whether Australia capitalises on the opportunities artificial intelligence offers or is left behind the rest of the...

Must act now to shape AI future www.innovationaus.com/must-act-now...

#government #healthcare #industry #academia #humancentered #ai #innovation #economy #womeninai #womeninaiaustralia #responsibleai #aiinhealthcare #aiingovernment #aiinresearch #innovation… | Women in ... Hey Sydney - save the date! Women in AI Australia proudly presents our flagship event to celebrate National AI Week 2025. Join us as we bring together leaders from #Government, #Healthcare, #Indust...

Pleased to support Women in AI's flagship event to celebrate National AI Week 2025. Please join us tomorrow at ACS in Sydney. linkedin.com/posts/womeni...

Australia to establish AI safety institute The Albanese government will establish an AI Safety Institute to assess the risks from emerging artificial intelligence systems and help safeguard Australians from potential harms. Industry minister T...

Bravo! Australia to establish AI safety institute www.innovationaus.com/australia-to...

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, court filings allege Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings i...

Meta buried ‘causal’ evidence of social media harm, court filings allege www.innovationaus.com/meta-buried-...

Book review: The shortest history of AI by Toby Walsh How a brisk history of AI helps us see the future more clearly

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UNSW, CSE seminar, 10:30am, 25th November 2025, by Wolfgang Reif. AI in Production: Something Special?
Is AI in industrial production just another application of foundation models, or is production something special?

𝗔𝗜𝟰𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗜𝟰𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀… | AI4People Institute 𝗔𝗜𝟰𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗜𝟰𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟯𝗿𝗱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Organised by the AI4People Ins...

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Fix R&D fall and tax miners, IMF tells Chalmers Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been urged by the International Monetary Fund to focus on lifting research and development expenditure and leverage technologies like artificial intelligence to drive innova...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been urged by the International Monetary Fund to focus on lifting research and development expenditure and leverage technologies like artificial intelligence to drive innovation and productivity.

www.innovationaus.com/fix-rd-fall-...

Far Horizons: European research deal still a long way off As the EU’s trade chief touched down in Melbourne this week for official talks, parts of research sector were abuzz that Australia’s associate membership to the world’s largest research program will f...

An easy way to lift our miserable R&D investment which are falling behind terribly and yet the government is, as ever, dithering ....

Far Horizons: European research deal still a long way off www.innovationaus.com/far-horizons...

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Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown? With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls

“Cutting methane is the single most important strategy to slow near-term warming,” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For? Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...