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The body charged with assessing artificial intelligence risks in Australia will operate on a small budget compared to...

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This article highlights the significant funding disparity between Australia's newly established AI safety watchdog and its international counterparts in the UK and US. It argues that the limited budget allocated to the Australian entity may hinder its capacity to adequately assess and mitigate catastrophic risks associated with frontier AI models. Such financial constraints pose a challenge to Australia's ability to implement robust governance frameworks and keep pace with global efforts to ensure AI alignment and safety.

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