After an hour with Tim Cook in Cupertino, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged the United States and China to strike an AI deal so humans remain in control, ABC News reported, and said he hoped to legislate national AI and data-centre standards early next year. The Sydney Morning Herald, from the same Apple Park visit, wrote that Cook had called in June about child-safety controls inspired by Australia's under-16 social-media ban.
ABC News wrote that Albanese, on his way to the UN General Assembly on 20 September 2026, called AI a global phenomenon, said sitting it out was not an option, accepted the risks, and asked Washington and Beijing for cooperation akin to the 1970 nuclear non-proliferation treaty so humans remain in control. The Sydney Morning Herald placed the same human-control line at the centre of the Apple Park visit after the closed-door hour with Cook.[1], [2]
ABC News reported he hoped to legislate national AI and data-centre standards early next year. On copyright he said writers, musicians and other creators should keep control of their work and be paid, and that companies should not treat permission as optional.[1]
The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that Cook had called in June about child-safety controls partly inspired by Australia's under-16 social-media ban. Journalists saw a foyer demo, including a foldable Duo listed at 3499 dollars, but not the meeting. Albanese said phones had delivered enormous benefits and that AI could help cancer detection, while the task was to keep people in charge.[2]
