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AI infrastructure, gold, critical minerals, and the Middle East conflict will be on the minds of thousands of...

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This article details the intersection of AI infrastructure and the Australian mining sector during the Diggers and Dealers conference. It explores how critical minerals are becoming central to the global AI hardware supply chain and energy requirements. While it highlights the industrial application of AI, it focuses primarily on economic and resource logistics rather than direct existential or catastrophic AI safety risks. The content is significant for Australian policy regarding the material dependencies of frontier AI systems and the geopolitical security of the AI supply chain.

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