Toby Walsh
Toby Walsh is a prominent Australian professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales, known for his extensive work in AI research spanning four decades. He has published several books and is an advocate for the rights of authors in the context of AI, recently speaking out against tech companies that utilize copyrighted material for training AI models without proper consent or compensation.
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UNSW Professor Toby Walsh used a National Press Club address this week to warn that Australia is sleepwalking into an AI future.
Afterpay owner slashes workforce by half after WiseTech Global cuts
Australia· 2026-02-27
Toby Walsh discusses the biases inherent in AI training data.
‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand | Indigenous Australians
United Kingdom· 2026-01-15
Toby Walsh is a professor of AI at the University of New South Wales who warns about the potential threats posed by violent AI-generated abuse material.
Deepfakes and AI-generated abuse material targeting Australians are posing a national security riskAustralia· 2025-12-01
Toby Walsh, scientia professor of artificial intelligence at the University of NSW, said there were very few sensible applications for person-shaped robots.
Just because a robot can walk, doesn’t mean it can workAustralia· 2025-11-23
Professor Toby Walsh from the University of NSW’s AI Institute commented on the inaccuracies of AI systems.
How Google’s AI Mode wrongly named an innocent SMH graphic designer as Cheryl Grimmer’s murdererAustralia· 2025-10-24
Toby Walsh is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales, discussing the implications of AI companions.
‘She never sleeps’: This platform wants to be OnlyFans for the AI era
United States· 2025-06-21
Toby Walsh, an Australian professor of AI and world-leading researcher.
Looking for something to read? Here are 10 new booksAustralia· 2025-05-20
Toby Walsh, a professor of artificial intelligence, criticized CrowdStrike's announcement as 'pretty tone deaf' after the previous year's outage.
‘Tone deaf’: US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AI | SoftwareUnited Kingdom· 2025-05-09
Toby Walsh will speak on understanding AI during the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
What’s on in May for freeAustralia· 2025-04-27
Toby Walsh is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
I have been an AI researcher for 40 years. What tech giants are doing to book publishing is akin to theft | Toby WalshUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-07
