These priorities are mostly old policy initiatives that have until now been de-prioritised for months or even years.
This week, a group of ministers issued a joint media release outlining a a series of artificial intelligence (AI) “safety priorities” for the Australian government. These include:
introducing a digital duty of care to address risks from AI and digital services
consulting on a second round of privacy law reforms
AI safety in the workplace
consumer risks such as surveillance pricing and AI agent-based commerce
Labor wants to accelerate AI investment while protecting households, workers and creators — but crucial details are still to come.
Agencies like Centrelink and Services Australia will have to follow a framework to ensure decision-making is "fair and accurate"…
AI’s risks and harms are already affecting Australians. There are new ones coming.
When half the population is directly threatened and poorly engaged, we cannot expect to make meaningful socio-economic gains.
Australia has laid out a national road map for artificial intelligence, outlining the country's approach to developing the…
The head of the new AI Safety Institute says it will prioritise protecting Australia from potential catastrophic harm posed by…
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Labor’s duty of care policy will extend to big AI firms
