A new report finds Australia has valuable cards in the AI ​​future

Australia has more AI potential than Australians realize and valuable cards to play strategically, according to a new report.

The new research finds Australia has the opportunity to become a major regional data center hub, leverage its critical mineral resources in global AI supply chains and exert influence on global AI norms.

However, Australia still needs to close critical gaps in its regulatory controls over how and where data can be collected, stored and accessed in a way that respects privacy and human rights.

And it said governments needed to pay more attention to how data centers could be powered by renewable and clean energy.

The report “Expanding AI Sovereignty to AI Agency” published by the Tech Policy Design Institute (TPDi)…