A pact signed at the once top-secret home of codebreakers will see governments go toe to toe with big tech companies over the use of artificial intelligence.
Australia has signed the international Bletchley Declaration on the safe and responsible use of AI and has also inked a deal to work with the United Kingdom to accelerate work in quantum technology.
"I'm not worried about robots taking over," Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic said on Friday after a summit in the UK at Bletchley Park, an estate that was the base for codebreakers during World War II.