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What’s at play is investment from big AI companies versus the long-term interests of Australian creatives.
Chatbots that relieve loneliness have a major downside, and we must safeguard against it.
These priorities are mostly old policy initiatives that have until now been de-prioritised for months or even years.
The government believes it can’t allow “the tech bros to let it rip”, as one source puts it. But it can’t allow the country to fall behind the pack either.
In tests, AI robot systems easily rejected directly malicious commands. But their safety filters collapsed when creative writing was used to instruct them.
Instead of following European models, countries should take a more considered and contextualised approach to address AI risks.
Researchers have found that even people with limited experience in biology can use AI to help them create a dangerous pathogen.
Australia is taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to AI regulation.
The wide-ranging measures of the European AI Act are now being phased in.
Even when information is factually accurate, how it’s presented can introduce subtle biases. As large language models increasingly bring people the news, this bias is a looming problem.
Without dedicated AI regulation, Australia will leave the most vulnerable at risk of harm.
In the absence of comprehensive federal AI regulation, states have stepped in. The Trump administration, at Big Tech’s urging, is attempting to roll back many of those laws.
The industry minister denied Australia’s adopting a ‘light-touch’ approach on AI – and says he’s working to make sure data centres are ‘not a drain on resources’.
The government wants all of Australia to benefit from the global AI boom – but the plan lacks specificity.
A year after a new AI transparency policy was announced, a study of more than 200 government agencies found less than half were following the rules.
AI-generated police reports promise to save cops time, but they also raise a host of legal and technical concerns.
We are building an AI-powered future that consumes like an industrial past.
With a potential ban of state regulation of AI soundly defeated, states are continuing to take the lead on protecting people from the technology’s potential harms – for now.
AI companies have plans for Australia’s economy, education system and infrastructure. They may not be in our best interest.
Top contributors
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Law Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Law, American University
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Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Social Work and Chair, Indigenous Research Ethics Advisory Panel, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Professor of Community Information, University of Michigan
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Director, Centre of Human Anatomy Education, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University