CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
SARAH FERGUSON, HOST:Prime Minister, welcome.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good to be with you.
FERGUSON:What is driving this switch to more central control of artificial intelligence? Is it voter angst about the impact on their jobs, on their communities, on their safety?
PRIME MINISTER:That this change is happening, and we either allow it to take its course without any control or regulation, or we're determined to shape the change. Artificial intelligence is here, it's having an impact on all of our lives, on the way that we work, the way that the economy functions, but we need to seize the opportunities that come with it. Shape it, so it...