The skills we need in the AI age
AI skills are more than better prompting. We need people who can use AI well, design agentic workflows, govern risk and build the technical capability Australia needs.
Kate Carruthers
Smaller models are the future of AI sovereignty
Real sovereignty is not autarky. It is the ability to choose, govern, replace and, when necessary, walk away from the AI systems our institutions depend on.
AI is changing the terms of cyber defence
AI can help cyber defenders move faster, but speed is only useful if they can control the consequences. As AI systems gain the ability to act, the hard question is not just what they can do, but who gives them authority and who is accountable when something goes wrong.
We are not brains in jars
As technology takes on more of what we do, we need to keep moving, making, thinking and connecting with one another.
The Essential Eight is being retired. What comes next?
A conversation with a friend who works in cyber security got me thinking about why we both like NIST’s pillar-based approach, to cyber and how AI tools can help teams test, learn and improve their defences.
How would you turn off your AI if it went rogue?
If an AI system starts behaving in ways you did not expect, who can actually stop it? Here's a practical guide to designing AI shutdown capability, from authority and access controls to safe fallbacks and a realistic kill-switch checklist.
The Essential Eight is not enough for AI-enabled cyber attacks
The Essential Eight is a vital protective baseline, but it is not enough to protect against AI-enabled cyber threats. Why organisations need stronger controls, assurance, resilience and recovery in the age of AI agents.