Tag: artificial intelligence

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...

Canberra to adopt govt-wide data ethics framework

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
National guidance to help public servants make ethical decisions when collecting, using and sharing public data will be developed by the federal government in a bid to tackle the...

Regulators urged to get proactive on generative AI

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Governments around the world can use existing laws and regulators to proactively address many of the privacy and data risks associated with new technologies such as generative artificial intelligence,...

EU takes crucial step toward world-first AI regulation

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The world’s first AI regulatory regime has moved closer to reality following provisional agreement on draft legislation between the European Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators, while the wait...

Govt gets moving on $17m plan for AI uptake centres

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government will fund artificial intelligence centres across the country to help businesses adopt the technology, reviving a three-year-old plan with a more targeted approach. $17 million in...

HR and banking jobs most exposed to generative AI

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Human resources, accounting and banking are among the professions most exposed to the impacts of generative AI tools, according to a new report by the Future Skills Organisation. The...