Claims: Andrew Hastie compares AI to cold-war nuclear arms race and warns Australia may fall behind
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- title: Andrew Hastie compares AI to cold-war nuclear arms race and warns Australia may fall behind Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/15/andrew-hastie-ai-artificial-intelligence-power-cold-war-nuclear-arms-race-comparison-australia Source
- summary: Liberal MP says Australia risks sovereignty and strategic independence being ‘constrained by the AI superpowers reshaping the global order’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Liberal MP Andrew Hastie says Australia should dramatically scale up investment in artificial intelligence to preserve strategic independence and warns the country risks being “a supplicant state” tethered to the US in an era of possible hot conflict with China. In a major address to Liberal member… Source
- published: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:30:07 GMT Source