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Applied AI·September 25, 2026·1 min read

It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom

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The Medicare/OpenAI episode and UN warnings highlight a gap between the scale of AI deployment and the thinness of current oversight mechanisms. Leaders should assume AI governance will move from advisory inboxes to hard regulatory controls on data access, model use, and cross-border operations—and plan compliance architectures accordingly.

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