Australia’s prime minister aims to rally middle powers and rein in A.I.
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Australia’s prime minister aims to rally middle powers and rein in A.I.

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The New York TimesSeptember 24, 2026View Source

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Le Premier ministre d'Australie, Anthony Albanese, a parlé aux Nations Unies.

The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, spoke at the United Nations.

Premier→Primeministre→Ministerd'Australie→of Australiaa parlé→spokeaux→to theUnies→United
Il veut travailler avec d'autres puissances moyennes sur l'intelligence artificielle.

He wants to work with other middle powers on artificial intelligence.

veut→wantstravailler→to workavec→withd'autres→otherpuissances→powersmoyennes→middlesur→onartificielle→artificial
Il a dit que l'intelligence artificielle apporte beaucoup d'opportunités pour le monde.

He said that artificial intelligence brings many opportunities for the world.

a dit→saidque→thatartificielle→artificialapporte→bringsbeaucoup→many/muchd'opportunités→of opportunitiespour→formonde→world
Cependant, il y a aussi beaucoup de risques pour les gens et la sécurité.

However, there are also many risks for people and security.

Cependant→Howeveril y a→there areaussi→alsobeaucoup→many/muchde→ofrisques→riskspour→forgens→peopleet→andsécurité→security
L'Australie veut de nouvelles règles internationales pour cette technologie.

Australia wants new international rules for this technology.

Australie→Australiaveut→wantsde→somenouvelles→newrègles→rulesinternationales→internationalpour→forcette→thistechnologie→technology
Les puissances moyennes comme l'Australie et le Canada peuvent aider ensemble.

Middle powers like Australia and Canada can help together.

puissances→powersmoyennes→middlecomme→likeAustralie→Australiaet→andpeuvent→canaider→helpensemble→together
Le Premier ministre pense que la coopération globale est très importante.

The Prime Minister thinks that global cooperation is very important.

Premier→Primeministre→Ministerpense→thinksque→thatcoopération→cooperationglobale→globalest→istrès→veryimportante→important
Il veut protéger les emplois et la démocratie contre l'utilisation mauvaise de l'IA.

He wants to protect jobs and democracy against the bad use of AI.

veut→wantsprotéger→protectemplois→jobset→anddémocratie→democracycontre→againstutilisation→usemauvaise→badde→ofIA→AI
Les dirigeants vont discuter de ces idées pendant les réunions à New York.

The leaders will discuss these ideas during the meetings in New York.

dirigeants→leadersvont→are going/willdiscuter→discussde→aboutces→theseidées→ideaspendant→duringréunions→meetingsà→in
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puissance moyenne
middle power
"Le Canada est une puissance moyenne."
règle
rule
"Nous avons besoin de nouvelles règles."
apporter
to bring
"La technologie apporte des changements."
dirigeant
leader
"Les dirigeants du monde sont à New York."
pendant
during
"Il a parlé pendant la réunion."
protéger
to protect
"Il faut protéger la démocratie."
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