Some of the biggest names in technology are backing calls for greater caution over the development of artificial intelligence, amid warnings increasingly powerful systems could become difficult to control. The head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has called for stronger safeguards, while Elon Musk and OpenAI chief Sam Altman have publicly backed elements of his proposal. And the debate has reached Australia, where political leaders, technology experts and security specialists are examining what increasingly powerful AI could mean for the country and the wider Indo-Pacific.