Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said that the negotiations with US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Canadian Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, and New Zealand Police Minister Mark Mitchell were dominated by the issue of the “massive capacity to cause harm through the acceleration of artificial intelligence.”
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Burke told journalists that the group discussed how to use AI “across all the different threat areas we face (…) in combating terrorism, drug smuggling, fraud and scam hubs, and organized crime.”
Home Affairs ministers observed the demonstration of air and sea drones; drones are Australia’s latest tool to enhance vessel surveillance along its remote and complex northern coastline.
In response to the rise of the populist anti-immigration party “One Nation,” Australia introduced strict border controls and policies 25 years ago aimed at stopping asylum seeker boats from arriving on its long coastline.
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Under this policy, asylum seekers arriving by boat to Australia are deported to the remote Pacific island of Nauru.
With “One Nation” experiencing a resurgence in public opinion polls, the Australian government has promised to reduce migration levels.
