If Australia is home to an AI gold rush, let’s not squander it. Let’s fjord a different path | Peter Lewis
Major AI companies like Microsoft and Anthropic are seeking locations in Australia to build large-scale data centers for AI model training, attracted by the country's potential for renewable energy and political stability. The author suggests Australia should leverage this opportunity to establish its own sovereign wealth fund, similar to Norway's model from its oil discoveries, to ensure the nation benefits from the AI boom. This fund could provide reparations to creators whose work was used without permission to train AI models and support workers displaced by AI technologies. AI
IMPACT Australia could establish a sovereign wealth fund to capture AI industry profits and support creators and displaced workers.