Dan and Lee take stock of the current climate for AI from security and chip shortages to policy and government strategy.

Kate Crawford podcast and commentary on the planet/sustainability cost of AI - The Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence: Crawford, Kate: Amazon.com.au: Books

European legislation on AI - Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society - BBC News

Microsoft purchase of Nuance - Microsoft makes $20bn bet on speech AI firm Nuance - BBC News

Disney Project Kiwi - Disney Imagineering’s Project Kiwi is a free-walking robot that will make you believe in Groot – TechCrunch

Who wrote the dead sea scrolls - Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? Digital handwriting analysis and artificial intelligence offer new clues - ABC News

Building AI Partners - I created an AI boyfriend. Here's how it went - Hack - triple j (abc.net.au)

Call for $250m injection into AI economy - Tech industry urges $250 million AI budget cash splash (afr.com)