“They did 12 weeks of work in one day”: The Illawarra expert shaping Australia’s AI response The Illawarra-based AI researcher helping Australia navigate the next wave of artificial intelligence.Gayle TomlinsonMay 12, 2026∙ PaidShareBill Simpson-Young, CEO of the Gradient Institute. Image created using Google Gemini with supplied pictures.Bill Simpson-Young has spent decades at the frontier of artificial intelligence, advising g…This post is for paid subscribersSubscribeAlready a paid subscriber? Sign inPreviousNext