Shirkadaha Bulshada Bulshada ee Australia waxay bixinayaan lacag lagu taageero horumarinta AI-ka dalka
Warbixin cusub oo ka soo baxday warbaahinta Australia ayaa sheegaysa in shirkadaha teknolojiyadda ee doonaya inay sameeyaan xarumo data oo Australia ay bixin doonaan lacag lagu taageero horumarinta AI-ka dalka.
Qorshaha cusub ee lacagta iyo xirfadaha
Shirkadaha sida OpenAI iyo Anthropic ayaa laga filayaa inay bixiyaan qayb ka mid ah awoodda computing ee xarumaha data-ka, iyadoo dowladda federaalka ah ay ku wada qaybsan doonto awooddaas. Waxaa sidoo kale la filayaa inay bixiyaan lacag lagu taageero dadka, barnaamijyada iyo xarumaha loo baahan yahay.
Sue Keay, macallin caan ah oo ka tirsan UNSW, waxay sheegtay in Australia ay leedahay xirfadlayaasha la baahan yahay, balse aanay leedahay 'xaqiiqo, maalgashi iyo isku-xir' oo lagu taageero xirfaddaas. Waxay intaas ku dartay in 'dhaq-dhaqaaqa Medicare-ka uu muujiyay in iibsashada AI-ka dibadda aanay ka saari karin mas'uuliyadda maamulka khataraha.'
Dib-u-dhiska AI-ka Australia
Qorshahan, oo loo yaqaan ' tallaabo xisaabta ah', wuxuu diiradda saarayaa in la sameeyo AI-ka Australia oo loogu talagalay inuu ka dhigo shaqada mid aad u wanaagsan, isla markaana uu ilaaliyo shaqooyinka dalka. Wuxuu sidoo kale sheegayaa in la sameeyo AI-ka Australia oo loogu talagalay inuu ka dhigo shaqada mid aad u wanaagsan, isla markaana uu ilaaliyo shaqooyinka dalka.
Joseph Mitchell, xoghayaha guud ee ACTU, wuxuu yiri: 'Ma ahan inaan sameyno AI-ka ugu weyn ee adduunka, balse waxaan u baahanahay inaan sameyno AI-ka yar ee loogu talagalay shuruudaha Australia, iyadoo la isticmaalo barnaamijyada furan, isla markaana la ilaaliyo adeegyada muhiimka ah haddii la gaaro AI-ka adduunka.'
Dowladda iyo dhaqaalaha
Dowladda Australia waxay diyaar u tahay inay sameyso shuruudo cusub oo lagu xakameynayo shirkadaha teknolojiyadda, iyadoo la rabo inay sameeyaan xarumo awood leh oo leh awoodda awoodda. Andrew Charlton, wasiirka caafimaadka, wuxuu sheegay in dowladdu ay rabto inay 'hesho faa'iidooyin Australia' ka dhan ah 'heshiisyada awoodda awoodda.'
Bill Gates, ganacsade caan ah, wuxuu sheegay in tallaabadan cusub ay noqon karto 'taxada robotka', isagoo sheegay in 'haddii aad ka tagto shaqaale, maxaad u baahan tahay inaad robotka ku bixiso lacagta dhaqaalaha?'
A joint proposal from Australia's top union and leading AI researchers calls for tech giants building data centres in the country to pay a levy, with the revenue funding domestic AI development and infrastructure.
The Proposal: Forced Investment in Domestic AI
Under the plan, companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI would be required to hand over a portion of their data centre computing capacity in return for developing AI on Australian soil. The siphoned processing power would be pooled and distributed by the federal government, while an additional 'AI capability contribution' could be paid to fund the people, software and infrastructure needed to use it.
In a joint statement, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and leading AI academics argue the government must force investment in domestic AI capability and infrastructure, rather than depending on foreign companies to provide access to the technology. The proposal, signed by the UNSW AI Institute, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning at Adelaide University and the Kingston AI Group as well as the ACTU, describes the need to 'cultivate our own AI industry' instead of playing a supporting role to US-based multinationals.
Scope and Strategic Rationale
The plan would not seek to build a frontier AI model, like the most powerful releases from Anthropic or OpenAI, but could include narrower models used for specific use cases or customised to work with existing Australian organisations and systems. 'We don't need to build the biggest AI models out there,' ACTU assistant secretary Joseph Mitchell said. '[Let's develop] smaller models built for Australian conditions, adapting open-weight models, and keeping critical services operating if access to US-based frontier models are disrupted again.'
Leading AI researcher Sue Keay from UNSW said Australia did not have a shortage of talent but lacked the 'confidence, investment and coordination' to back its own ability. 'The Medicare incident is a reminder that buying AI from overseas does not outsource the risks or our responsibility to manage them,' she said. 'If AI is going to shape our health care, public services, workplaces and economy, Australians need genuine influence over how those systems are developed, governed and deployed.'
Broader Context and Government Stance
Governments in several countries, including the UK, Norway, the US and Korea, have already committed billions to develop publicly owned AI compute and infrastructure. The ACTU also floated the potential involvement of the superannuation industry as an investment solution, urging the government to include the sector in a coordinated effort to bring a sovereign AI industry online. The concept of a tax or levy on AI is gaining ground, with tech magnate Bill Gates saying during an interview on the Ezra Klein podcast this week he believed the next policy step would be 'robot tax.'
Andrew Charlton, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, has signalled he also wants to broker compute from the AI companies as an additional requirement to build in Australia. He told the Joe Walker podcast in August the government must make sure 'big compute build-out delivers benefits to Australians' but admitted there were unanswered questions about the government's ability to 'extract rent.' Already, Australia is struggling to meet existing local demand for AI compute, with much of the GPU capacity being found offshore.
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Sawir: ABC Australia Xigasho
