Australia’s Resource-Rich Edge Could Keep the ‘Lucky Country’ Safe From AI: Academics

Microsoft analysed 200,000 anonymous and privacy-scrubbed conversations between users and its AI program Copilot to find calculate which jobs were most at risk.

Robots appear on stage during the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

As AI threatens to upend careers across the globe, experts say Australia’s “lucky country” status might once again live up to its name—shielding many from the fallout.

Their comments come after a Microsoft study which analysed 200,000 anonymous and privacy-scrubbed conversations between users and its AI program Copilot.