CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 6 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: artificial intelligence, Investor Roundtable, data centres
Sarah Ferguson:
Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins me now. Treasurer, welcome to the programme.
Jim Chalmers:
Thanks very much, Sarah.
Ferguson:
Clearly, regulation is one of the early fault lines in this debate. But first of all, can you regulate a technology that is evolving so fast?
Chalmers:
I believe we can. But it's a complex task and it's a contentious task. And that's why, as you rightly identify in your introduction, there are a range of views about the best way to go about it. My view is that we can find a middle path between people who say let AI rip and other people wh...