Artificial Intelligence in Australia: How a Canberra Academic is Using AI to War Game Problems
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 16 Jan 2026
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- 2
- Australian
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- 16 Jan 2026, 04:45 am
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Former international lawyer turned tech start-up founder Anthea Roberts argues her artificial intelligence tool forces humans to think harder.
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Anthea Roberts, a former international lawyer and a tech start-up founder, is utilizing artificial intelligence to develop tools aimed at enhancing decision-making in policy and business sectors. By leveraging AI technologies like ChatGPT, Roberts' work illustrates how AI can be harnessed to stimulate human strategic thinking and problem-solving. This initiative represents a significant contribution to the dialogue on AI's role in improving decision-making processes but does not address existential or catastrophic risks. Its relevance lies in advancing Australian perspectives on AI-driven decision support systems rather than addressing global AI safety policies or catastrophic risk reduction strategies.
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John KehoeEconomics editorJan 16, 2026 – 3.36pmAround 6am on a Saturday in early 2023, academic Anthea Roberts began receiving a flurry of excited messages from fellow Canberran policy and tech wonk Sam Bide.He was experimenting with ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that was released three months earlier. He’d fed into it a model Roberts had built to help policymakers and business make better decisions.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to 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 MoreAIAustralian economyMurray GleesonFuture FundJohn KehoeEconomics editorJohn Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.comFetching latest articles