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Focus AI regulation on harms, not tech: Jones

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has thrown his support behind an AI regulation model that is directed at activity and harms rather than the technology itself, as the government starts...

Red flags or not, AI regulation must look to the future

Posted on   |  by Professor Sherman Young
The federal government’s recently released interim response to regulating artificial intelligence is (understandably) short on detail, but appears to say all the right things in an attempt to balance...

Foreign vendor ‘dependence’ risking Aussie AI opportunity

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Universities are calling for a National Centre for AI in education to share best practice and costly infrastructure, warning researchers and educators are currently reliant on foreign vendors and...

Tech projects and consultants to feel the heat in 2024

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A bevy of government tech projects, procurements and landmark legislation will go under the microscope in 2024, as the Albanese government pledges better outcomes in the last full year...

Govt has lost sight of Australia’s AI opportunity

Posted on   |  by Aaron Violi
There aren’t many one-year-olds that can punch out a poem and write an essay in three seconds flat. In fact, ChatGPT has accomplished a lot in its first year...

Too much focus on AI downside, not enough investment

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is too much focus in Australia on trying to regulate the downside risk of artificial intelligence, and too little on securing its upside benefits, according to Professor Anton...

Law reform for high-risk AI on the way

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia will have mandatory safeguards for high-risk artificial intelligence use like autonomous vehicles and healthcare but make little to no intervention for low-risk use like filtering spam emails under...

Agencies flock to use Microsoft Copilot in APS trial

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Thousands of public servants at dozens of federal departments and agencies will become the first to gain access to Microsoft Copilot as part of a six-month trial of the...

Most federal govt agencies adopting AI without a policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than half of all federal government agencies using artificial intelligence last year adopted the technology without creating policies to govern its use, raising fresh concerns about the system...