Andrew Charlton Launches AI Promotion Blitz to Focus on Australian Artificial Intelligence Opportunities
The Australian Financial Review
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- 4 May 2026
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- 4 May 2026, 10:00 pm
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Tech bosses from the country’s biggest businesses will be part of major push to get Australian firms and government departments to choose local AI products.
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Assistant Technology Minister Andrew Charlton is spearheading a national initiative to bolster the domestic AI sector and prevent economic value from being captured exclusively by Silicon Valley. The strategy highlights the risks posed by frontier models like Anthropic’s 'Mythos', suggesting that reliance on external high-capability systems presents long-term sovereign and security challenges for Australia. By engaging domestic tech leaders and the National AI Centre, the government aims to establish a local ecosystem capable of mitigating risks associated with foreign-controlled black-box models while fostering safe, sovereign technological development. This move reflects an Australian policy shift toward balancing rapid adoption with the necessity of maintaining governance and oversight over high-impact AI systems.
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PoliticsFederalAIPrint articleRonald MizenPolitical correspondentMay 5, 2026 – 5.00amAssistant Technology Minister Andrew Charlton says Anthropic’s artificial intelligence tool Mythos will not be the last model to present a risk to Australia, as a blitz begins to promote local AI development amid fears the digital economy will be hollowed out by Silicon Valley tech giants.Charlton is preparing to launch a major push to get Australian businesses to choose local AI products, including convening tech bosses from the country’s biggest businesses this month to cajole them into doing so and commissioning the National AI Centre to help domestic firms compete on marketing their products.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 MoreAIFederal budgetAndrew CharltonAnthropicFetching latest articles