Amid a rapid spread of AI tools by businesses and in daily life, Australia’s center-left government announced on Thursday that it sought to introduce targeted laws for artificial intelligence, including transparency and human oversight.
The government has launched a month-long discussion period to determine whether to make AI systems necessary in high-risk environments in the future, according to Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic, who also revealed ten new voluntary recommendations on the subject.
“Australians know AI can do great things, but people want to know there are protections in place if things go off the rails,” Husic said in a statement. “Australians want stronger protections on AI; we’ve heard that, we’ve listened.”
According to the paper that included the guidelines, it is imperative that human control be enabled whenever necessary during the lifecycle of an AI system.
“Meaningful human oversight will let you intervene if you need to and reduce the potential for unintended consequences and harms,” the report said. Companies must be transparent to disclose AI’s role when generating content, it added.
Global regulators are becoming increasingly concerned about false information and fake news produced by AI tools in light of the growing acceptance of generative AI systems like Google’s Gemini and Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Because of this, the European Union implemented historic Al rules in May that place strong transparency requirements on high-risk Al systems. These regulations go further than several countries’ light-touch voluntary compliance approaches by requiring more information.
“We don’t think that there is a right to self-regulation any more. I think we’ve passed that threshold,” Husic said.
Australia announced eight voluntary standards for the appropriate use of AI in 2019, but it does not yet have any formal legislation governing the technology. According to a government analysis released this year, the current conditions are insufficient to handle high-risk situations.
Husic said only one-third of businesses using Al were implementing it responsibly on metrics such as safety, fairness, accountability, and transparency.
“Artificial intelligence is expected to create up to 200,000 jobs in Australia by 2030… so it’s crucial that Australian businesses are equipped to properly develop and use the technology,” he said.
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