Australia must establish its sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) research and innovation capability to avoid being left behind other countries, a report released on Monday has found. “Artificial Intelligence: Your Questions Answered,” a collaboration between the University of Adelaide’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), is a collection of short papers which looks into the opportunities and risks AI technology brings to Australia, as well as the importance of Australia developing in-house AI capability. According to the report, which had input from tech and defence experts, as well as political leaders, AI offers major opportunities to improve Australia’s national security, create new jobs, enhance healthcare provision, and drive efficiencies in key industries. AIML Director Professor Simon Lucey said in a release on Monday that it is important to get policy leaders up to speed on how AI works and how Australia can best utilise …