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Hosting AI Compute: What's in it for Australia and for AI safety?

8 July 2026 · 2:30 pm–2:55 pm · Cullen

AI compute is the specialised hardware that powers frontier AI. It's becoming a highly sought-after resource, and Australia is being discussed as a key place to host it. This talk will explore what Australia could gain from hosting AI compute, how it could contribute to the broader goal of AI going well, and some of the difficult questions along the way.

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Emily Grundy
Policy Officer, Good Ancestors
Emily drives AI policy research and advocacy at Good Ancestors. Her recent work has focused on AI-enabled biological risk, compute governance, and AI crisis management. Before Good Ancestors, Emily worked on MIT's AI Risk Repository — a comprehensive taxonomy of over 1,700 AI risks. She previously worked as a behavioural science researcher and consultant.

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