ACMA appoints former Google executive Samantha Yorke as chief AI officer
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The news: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has appointed authority member Samantha Yorke as its inaugural chief AI officer.
The context: Yorke’s appointment follows a mandate from the federal government’s internal AI plan that all departments and agencies appoint a chief AI officer.
Yorke has been one of ACMA’s four authority members since August 2023 and will now oversee the telco regulator’s approach to AI. She is also the authority lead on telecommunications and consumer matters as well as mis/disinformation.
Before joining the regulator, Yorke was previously head of public policy and government relations for Google in Australia and a director of big tech lobby group DIGI.
What they said: “AI has the potential to transform the way that we work within our agency and will similarly transform the industries that we regulate,” Yorke said in a LinkedIn post.
“I’m looking forward to sharing ideas and best practice with other agency Chief AI Officers under the Government’s National AI Plan.”
The source: ACMA LinkedIn post
