sharesShare articlePrime Minister Anthony Albanese will unveil a world-first framework to respond to artificial intelligence.He will announce a new federal office dedicated to AI and a set of new standards to address issues associated with the technology, in a speech in Sydney on Wednesday.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce world-first standards on artificial intelligence. Asanka RatnayakeAdvertisement“Australia will be the first country in the world to bring these issues into a single, national framework,” he will say.“And getting this right will enhance our appeal to international investors, by delivering greater clarity and speed for approvals, and a streamlined process for verifying compliance.”Albanese will also announce a new Office of AI within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.This will bring together the work ministers are undertaking across government, including Treasurer Jim Chalmers overseeing the role of AI in productivity and Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth working with employers and workers on AI in the workplace. Read moreIf you don’t change this Instagram setting now anyone can use your pics for AI“AI touches on the work of every minister and department, so it is only natural that, up until now, our response has been issue by issue, sector by sector,” Albanese will say. “But just as government developed co-ordinated approaches for other significant technologies: from civil aviation in the 1920s to genetics in the 1990s, we must do this with AI as well.”NSW created the similarly titled Office for AI in September to help adopt AI across government agencies. AdvertisementThe federal government has signed memorandums of understanding – which are not typically legally binding – with both Microsoft and Anthropic to ensure the tech giants responsibly develop AI in Australia.It comes as the country emerges as the second most attractive destination for data centres. The federal government has signalled the importance of balancing AI adoption with harm prevention Getty ImagesThe federal government has signalled the importance of balancing AI adoption with harm prevention – a policy stance the Productivity Commission outlined in its report last year. AdvertisementAdvertisement“We want to make sure that we capture the economic opportunity for Australia of this wave of investment and general-purpose technology that’s going to do so much to shape our economy and the competitive position of our economy,” Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres said in a press conference on Tuesday. “Make sure that we share the benefits of that, including in regional Australia, and that we keep Australians safe.”Ayres said the prime minister’s speech will make an “important contribution” to the conversation around AI. “This is an important challenge for Australia,” he said. Advertisement“Can we secure the artificial intelligence investment here that means that we are shaping the future, not having the future shaping us?”Contact usrightArrowShare a tip-off, video or photo with usTeenager charged, another critical as alleged stabbing sends school into lockdownCollapse of $3.1 million SA wine label exposes Australia’s fading love affair with wine‘All in a panic’: Mum’s horror after child’s daycare listed in Hamish Tait investigationIdentity of childcare worker charged with more than 320 child abuse offences revealed