What Microsoft Boss Learned from a Senate Grilling on AI
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 19 Aug 2024
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- 10 Mar 2025, 10:27 pm
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Microsoft’s Steven Worrall says Australia’s economic outlook over the next 30 years depends on it getting AI regulatory settings, and training plans, right.
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Steven Worrall, Microsoft's Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, emphasizes the importance of proper AI regulatory settings in shaping Australia's economic future over the next 30 years. His insights came after appearing before the Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence, where he highlighted the critical need for collaboration between technology providers and policymakers. This discussion is significant as it addresses Australia's role in global AI governance and the potential economic impacts of AI regulations. While the article touches on AI safety and regulation, its primary focus is more on economic implications than catastrophic AI risks.
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TechnologyAIPrint articleAug 19, 2024 – 4.02pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLast Friday, I appeared before theSenate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligencealongside members of my team.In my 30-plus years in the Australian computing industry, I’ve seen technology most effectively create opportunity for Australians and economic prosperity for our nation when we have worked with legislators and policymakers to get the settings right.Loading...Steven Worrallis Microsoft's managing director for Australia and New Zealand.SaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIOpinionMicrosoftRegulationCyber SummitFetching latest articlesOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy endJun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak upSally Patten and Lap PhanThe four actor ‘tricks’ giving executives more confidence‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad betsA last-chance tote bag and a groovy case for trumpetersEugenie KellyThis machine can bring out the creative streak you never knew you hadThis data-driven wellness retreat is a haven for high-flyersBillionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family officePrimrose RiordanVictor Smorgon’s star fundie eyes 50pc returns for new fundForrest family powerbroker had alleged role in big Fortescue decisions