AI body scrapped after spending $188k finding experts
24-02-2026 05:15 via abc.net.au

AI body scrapped after spending $188k finding experts

It took 15 months to narrow a field of 270 AI experts to 12 appointees for an AI authority, at a cost of almost $200,000, before it was suddenly scrapped by the federal government.
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