Tag: David Shoebridge

Inquiry stops short of election ban on AI deepfakes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A parliamentary inquiry has rebuffed calls for laws banning AI-generated images and videos in election campaigns despite acknowledging the technology will almost certainly be used to spread disinformation. Crossbench...

Meta dismisses AI scraping concerns as semantics

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Meta has defended its use of Australian users’ social media posts to train artificial intelligence without express consent, arguing that only publicly available data from its platforms is fed...

Meta admits scraping Australian users’ posts to train AI

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian Facebook users’ posts from as far back as 2007 are being used to train Meta’s artificial intelligence models, the company conceded on Wednesday at a tense Senate inquiry...

Privacy bill delayed amid busy legislative agenda

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New laws for a long-awaited overhaul of Australia’s outdated privacy regime have been delayed, with the federal government now targeting next month to introduce the legislation. The laws, which...

Landmark digital identity laws clear Senate

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s digital identity scheme is set to expand beyond the federal government to states and territories and the private sector after a landmark bill, first drafted more than three...

ITAR barriers come down as AUKUS tech trade reforms pass

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Controversial legislation that creates a licence-free environment for technology sharing between Australia and the United States and United Kingdom has passed Parliament with amendments that bake in exemptions for...

Parliament launches second inquiry into AI

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Parliament has launched a second inquiry into artificial intelligence, this time to probe general issues presented by the disruptive technology, following a government-supported push by the Greens. The inquiry,...