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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE

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Reputably an "AI rock star". Though the only rock star'ish thing he's ever done is getting banned indefinitely from Russia.

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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Margaret AttwoodL “Utopia is impossible, but if you don’t believe in the ability to attain something better, you will inevitably end up in a dystopia. Because dystopia is quite possible" www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research
Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Doomers warn that AI will turn the world into paperclip factories. Unlikely. There’s a lot of friction that prevents even the very intelligent from imposing their will. Data centres are embodiment today of paperclip factories. And pleasingly humans are pushing back.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sam and Dario have both warned that we might lose control of AI. Well it seems, in their incompetency, they already have. Their AI has run rogue for weeks and they had no idea. This was all easily avoidable if they hadn’t been so careless. Lucky that AI isn’t yet too capable to cause real harm.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wonderful and important conversation with Audrey Tang on AI and democracy. Do listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij2U...
youtube.com
Radical Trust in Action with Audrey Tang
YouTube video by Small Giants Academy
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here's a good idea Australia. Scotland has just delayed all new proposals for data centres by a year while they get the rules in place. Time to do the same here. www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/go...
computing.co.uk
Scotland delays new AI datacentre approvals for up to a year
The Scottish Parliament has voted to pause decisions on planning applications for new AI datacentres for up to 12 months, while the government develops national ...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Join me at the Canberra Writers Festival. Can't wait!
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
thebulletin.org/2026/09/rogu...
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Rogue AI didn’t breach Hugging Face, human decisions did
At the core of the Hugging Face hacking incident were a series of human choices that traded security for speed.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.afr.com/technology/t...
afr.com
Trump and Xi would win the Nobel Peace Prize for an AI slowdown
Any such agreement just requires getting half a dozen companies in the US and China – those with the resources to be pushing the frontier – to toe the line.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.smh.com.au/technology/w...
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Will AI kill us all? I doubt it, but let’s reduce the risk ... now
It’s no longer safe or responsible for frontier AI companies to be allowed to mark their own homework.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today we are celebrating the birthday of Alexander von Humboldt who was born on 14 September 1769. His values, especially his ideas about research and the modern university, ring true today, perhaps ever more so. I am a very proud Humboldtian in every sense. @AvHStiftung
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A national survey of 10,000 Australian adults on artificial intelligence, work, and the choices facing the nation. data.foxhedgehog.com.au/FH_AI_Future...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
After the AI Bubble Bursts by Barry Eichengreen @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jL1AO83?refe...
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After the AI Bubble Bursts
Barry Eichengreen warns that opacity prevails in the private debt markets that investors and policymakers need to watch.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nice! #10 to buy in AI & ML on Amazon. "God AI: boom or doom? What to expect when machines outsmart us"
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Well, Sept 24th is the date. He's meeting Chinese President in Washington for a tech summit. Agree an AI slowdown and the pair of them win the prize!
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse
Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
AI has now removed the last barrier to building autonomous weapons. AI was used by Russian developers to build kamikaze attack drones. The UN must start to regulate this space in November. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Ukraine war briefing: Russian developers used AI to build ‘kamikaze’ attack drone software, Anthropic says
Anthropic also found that hackers used AI in attacks against targets in Ukrainian government, military and diplomatic sectors.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
OpenAI’s cyber security is woeful. If you want a system not to have access to the internet, it’s very easy. You air gap it.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yes, tech companies cannot be trusted to mark their own homework observer.co.uk/news/science...
observer.co.uk
OpenAI’s hack sounds like science fiction – but it’s a wa...
OpenAI’s investigation into the Hugging Face incident shows the hack wasn’t the work of a single autonomous system, but a network of 1,200 rogue AI agents
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
nytimes.com
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Worried about AI killing us all? Come to Summer Hill tonight for the launch of my new book, "God AI: boom or doom? What to expect when the machines outsmart us" where I address this topical concern! events.humanitix.com/god-ai-launch
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God AI Launch
Celebrate the launch of God AI: Boom or Doom? What to Expect When Machines Outsmart Us with Toby Walsh in-conversation with Bill Simpson-Young.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Join me on Sept 10th in Summer Hill to hear about my new book, "God AI: boom or doom? What to expect when the machines outsmart us". events.humanitix.com/god-ai-launch
events.humanitix.com
God AI Launch
Celebrate the launch of God AI: Boom or Doom? What to Expect When Machines Outsmart Us with Toby Walsh in-conversation with Bill Simpson-Young.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
God AI by Toby Walsh. Everything hinges on whether humanity can act before it is too late. You might want to fortify yourself with a stiff drink before reading. www.watoday.com.au/culture/book...
watoday.com.au
The critics have spoken: Add these books to the stack
From literary fiction to big ideas, our reviewers deliver their verdicts on 10 fresh releases.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Join me in Penrith on Wed 9th Sept for the exciting launch of my new book: "God AI: boom or doom? What to expect when the machines outsmart us". events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Published today. Available from all leading bookstores and online. Audio book will be published soon too (just finished reading it for Audible).
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Join me on Sept 7th at Illawarra Gramma School to hear about my latest book, "God AI: boom or doom?". www.research.net/r/TIGSTalkPr...
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TIGS Talk: Prof Toby Walsh
TIGS Talk: Prof Toby Walsh. One of the world's leading researchers in artificial intelligence.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Australian AI Committee is calling for nominations for 3 awards to be announced at Australasian AI 2026, Auckland. Distinguished Research Contribution Award  Outstanding Service Award   Emerging Researcher Award Nominations to Toby Walsh tw@cse.unsw.edu.au​ by 28 Sept lnkd.in/p/ga-xVTBS
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The Australian AI Committee is calling for the following three awards, which will be announced at Australasian AI 2026, Auckland, New Zealan, 27 - 30th November 2026 (onsite).      (1) The… | Toby Wal...
The Australian AI Committee is calling for the following three awards, which will be announced at Australasian AI 2026, Auckland, New Zealan, 27 - 30th November 2026 (onsite).      (1) The Australasia...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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AI helped me (almost) build a killer drone
I asked AI chatbots to help me build an autonomous attack drone: They helped, but I failed. For now.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Real Impact of AI on Jobs: 2026 Foenander Lecture presented by Scientia Professor Toby Walsh. Sept 3rd. UMel. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2026-foena...
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2026 Foenander Lecture presented by Scientia Professor Toby Walsh
Join us for the 2026 Foenander Lecture , presented by Scientia Professor Toby Walsh, UNSW
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/roboticsun...
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Robotics@UNSW Launch & Showcase 2026
Join the inaugural Robotics@UNSW Showcase and explore robotics innovation through talks, demos and networking.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Would it be easier to list the models that haven't evaded their sandbox? Aside: escaped is the wrong word. In no case, did an AI bot leave its sandbox. The AI bots only evaded limits on their internet access. www.infoworld.com/article/4206... www.infoworld.com/article/4206...
infoworld.com
Kimi escapes confinement: Moonshot’s AI finds gap in testing sandbox
Frontier finds another AI model has followed OpenAI in breaking out of sandbox.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...
aisi.gov.uk
Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI Work
During a routine cyber evaluation, AISI identified an incident in which AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned action directed at real people and organisations. We are disclosing what we found, what i...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Sadly I've been warning for a decade that we'd have to horrified by seeing such terror as this on our TV screens before we address the challenges of new (often AI powered) technologies for war www.nine.com.au/world-news/u...
nine.com.au
Street vendor chased by ‘human safari’ drone in chilling footage
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posted footage of a “human safari” drone attack on a civilian in Kherson.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Join me in Mosman on 11th Sept for the launch of my new book, "God AI: boom or doom? What to expect when machines outsmart us". events.humanitix.com/toby-walsh-g...
events.humanitix.com
Book Launch: Toby Walsh
Toby Walsh Author of God AI
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Join me and Bill for a conversation about when machines outsmart us, and my new book "God AI: boom or doom?". Sept 10th, Rose Read Bookshop in Summer Hill. events.humanitix.com/god-ai-launch
events.humanitix.com
God AI Launch
Celebrate the launch of God AI: Boom or Doom? What to Expect When Machines Outsmart Us with Toby Walsh in-conversation with Bill Simpson-Young.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Will machines outsmart us, and what happens when they do? Join me for a conversation around the launch of my new book as we tackle what lies beyond human-level AI. Sept 9th in Penrith. Tickets on Humanitix: events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...
events.humanitix.com
In Conversation with Toby Walsh
Join us at Harry Hartog Penrith as we welcome Toby Walsh who will be discussing God AI: Boom or Doom? What to Expect When Machines Outsmart Us.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Churn, not crisis, for UK science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
Churn, not crisis, for UK science
When Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom’s prime minister last week, among his first acts was to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), folding it into a new supermin...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Does China’s latest AI model finally equal US rivals? What scientists think www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Does China’s latest AI model finally equal US rivals? What scientists think
‘Kimi K3’ can match or outperform cutting-edge models, says Moonshot AI. But its large size might limit uptake.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.noahpinion.blog/p/what-will-...
noahpinion.blog
What will more intelligence actually do for us?
A lot, actually. But it won't look quite like what humans do with our intelligence.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon
Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Could an AI ever win a Nobel prize? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/could-...
timeshighereducation.com
Could an AI ever win a Nobel prize?
Artificial intelligence is already having a huge impact on research, and the technology is advancing so quickly that some suggest it could soon be capable of directing its own research programmes. But...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
OpenAI uses melodramatic language here. "the agents ... escape. Once outside ... " The reality is that the model simply found a bug to evade the limitations preventing access to software systems/data outside the sandbox. The AI didn't "escape". www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Australia's PM says he's putting AI at the centre of government with the new Office of AI. The UK has, however, made an even stronger commitment by appointing the first Minister of AI and made it a full cabinet position. How about this Albo? ua.news/en/world/u-b...
ua.news
The U.K. has appointed its first minister for artificial intelligence
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed Kanishka Narayan as the minister responsible for artificial intelligence. For the first time in the country’s history, this position has been elevated...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
chronicle.com
The University After AI
The postwar bargain at the heart of higher education is coming undone. What replaces it?
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
theatlantic.com
Where Did All the Computer-Science Professors Go?
AI companies are stripping universities of their best researchers.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We can build our own sovereign AI capabilities .... www.innovationaus.com/the-sovereig...
innovationaus.com
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
open.substack.com
An AI Crash Is a Real Possibility
The industry is badly overleveraged and that's unlikely to change.
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Join me at Sydney Town Hall on Thursday to hear about the future of AI. Register at opensummit.ai
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
WA police facial recognition trial launches with a real-time arrest – and backlash over privacy
Live video feeds can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles. But critics fear false alerts, algorithmic bias and ‘function creep’
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
South Korea is offering its citizens unlimited AI chatbot access. Given the PM of Australia is interested in AI now, how about this for Australians? Back of envelope calculation suggest you could have a decent model for under $50M/year. korben.info/en/south-kor...
korben.info
South Korea wants to offer free, unlimited AI to every one of its citizens - Korben
South Korea is about to attempt a bet no one has dared before. The country wants to give every one of its residents free, unlimited access to an artificial ...
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Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO
The petition to Sundar Pichai, the CEO, included more than 4,500 signatures and included calls for buyout options
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