Tag: regulation

Focus AI regulation on harms, not tech: Jones

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

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...

‘Risk allocation’ left out of Australia’s AI debate

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s artificial intelligence discourse has been captured by “majoritarian thinking” that accepts a social cost for claims of massive economic value, former privacy watchdog Malcolm Crompton warned on Monday...

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...

SA Hydrogen Act passes to streamline approvals

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The world’s first hydrogen act has passed through both houses of the South Australian parliament as the government found crossbench support to push the bill past a Greens and...

Use Modern Slavery Act for AI data oversight: Cybersecurity CRC

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s modern slavery laws present an opportunity to stop artificial intelligence models from spreading misinformation, according to a new report that warns state actors and cyber criminals could “poison”...

Regulation finally coming for crypto exchanges

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Crypto exchanges and other digital asset platforms will be subject to existing Australian financial services laws, requiring them to provide efficient, honest and fair services while managing conflicts of...

Trust and adoption will fulfill AI’s productivity promise: Husic

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Building trust and adoption of artificial intelligence in Australia would be the focus of the Albanese government’s upcoming regulatory framework, with Industry minister Ed Husic still weighing a risk-based...