AI dominates ‘Five Eyes’ security talks in Australia
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Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the “Five Eyes” group discussed how to use AI “through all different threat areas”.
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SYDNEY – The “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing group of Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand held talks on Aug 26 in Sydney on using AI to combat terrorism and organised crime.
Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the “massive acceleration in the capacity to cause harm through artificial intelligence” dominated talks with US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, Britain’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Canadian Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree and New Zealand Minister of Police Mark Mitchell.
The group discussed how to use AI “through all the different threat areas that we deal with: counter-terrorism, on countering drug smuggling, on dealing with scams and scam centres, on dealing with organised crime”, Burke told reporters.
The homeland ministers watched a display of aerial and maritime drones, Australia’s latest measure to boost surveillance of vessels along its remote and challenging northern coast.
The country introduced tough border controls and a policy to stop asylum seeker boats arriving on its vast shoreline 25 years ago, in reaction to the rise of a populist anti-immigration party, One Nation.
Asylum seekers arriving by boat to Australia are deported to the remote Pacific island of Nauru, under the policy.
As One Nation again experiences a resurgence in opinion polls, Australia’s government has pledged to reduce migration levels. AFP
