ASIO moves to artificial intelligence after $1.3 billion funding boost

Australia's top spy agency will use artificial intelligence to protect against foreign hackers after receiving a $1.3 billion boost – the largest in ASIO’s 70-year history. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has told Sky News recent cyber-attacks have reinforced the need to act urgently. The technology will use algorithms to decrypt and decode mass data quickly and is not designed to equip the agency for mass surveillance programs.