Toby Walsh

Toby Walsh

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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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Toby Walsh, a University of NSW professor of artificial intelligence, discussed the implications of the incident on AI control.

Cybersecurity experts are calling the government’s ‘hack’ claim an overreach
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-09-27
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Toby Walsh, a leading scientist at the AI institute of the University of New South Wales, commented that he hopes it will encourage the government to take a more supervisory and regulatory role over a rapidly maturing industry.

Αυστραλία: Στο στόχαστρο η OpenAI μετά την κυβερνοεπίθεση στο Medicare
Kathimerini·GreeceGreece· 2026-09-26
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Toby Walsh is a professor of AI and the author of a book discussing the implications of advanced AI.

How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh for the Conversation
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-09-23
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Leading AI researcher and author Professor Toby Walsh accused the Albanese government of abandoning its commitment to Australian creators to appease global tech giants.

Artists, crossbenchers urge Albanese government to reject tech giant demands
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-09-16
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Toby Walsh described the intelligence of these models as dentate and irregular.

ChatGPT 6 nació con bozal
El Observador·UruguayUruguay· 2026-09-16
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UNSW AI Institute chief scientist Toby Walsh said Australia should not 'capitulate' on copyright because AI companies were showing around the world that they were willing to pay.

PM to make announcement amid concerns over data centres and jobs
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-13
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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
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-27
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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 risk
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-01
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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 work
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-11-23
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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 murderer
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-10-24
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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
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2025-06-21
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Toby Walsh, an Australian professor of AI and world-leading researcher.

Looking for something to read? Here are 10 new books
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-05-20
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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 | Software
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-05-09
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Toby Walsh will speak on understanding AI during the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

What’s on in May for free
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-04-27
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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 Walsh
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-07
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