Govt warned on use of AI as ‘decision making authority’


Brandon How
Reporter

Clauses in existing legislation that let Commonwealth departmental secretaries outsource ‘decision-making authority’ to computers is like leaving a “hand grenade with the pin out”, a regulation and governance specialist has warned.

Experts at the UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law, and Innovation and the UNSW Business School Regulatory Laboratory have called for the removal of clauses from several pieces of administrative law in a submission to the Industry department’s consultation …

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