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Politics

Canberra is ‘drinking the Kool-Aid’ on AI. Where will it take us?

Crikey · 8 October 2026 at 11:20 am

Canberra is ‘drinking the Kool-Aid’ on AI. Where will it take us?

The Albanese government is treating the promises of AI and data centre investment like a digital mining boom.

How does it sit within Labor's broader social project? The post Canberra is ‘drinking the Kool-Aid’ on AI.

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