TechAlbanese’s AI plan is admirable – but will face tech giants more powerful than most national governments

In a much-anticipated speech at the University of Sydney, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said his government would keep pace with artificial intelligence and try to get ahead of the technological upheaval reshaping people’s lives. The plan is presented as an admirable effort to harness that change. Yet the difficulties of regulating social media and curbing hate speech demonstrate that technology companies can impose their own terms and prices on countries such as Australia, challenging the government’s ability to control them.

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