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One of OpenAI’s top executives has arrived in Australia seeking data centre deals, with the start-up planning to splurge as much as $US500 billion ($770.9 billion) on infrastructure globally to support the ballooning growth in artificial intelligence.
The AI company’s head of global policy Chris Lehane will also meet with federal Industry Minister Tim Ayres and Assistant Science Minister Andrew Charlton to discuss legislative issues around access to renewable energy, data centre approvals and the use of copyrighted material to train AI systems.
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