AI regulation Australia

Australia’s Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) just released a report addressing that country’s opportunities, challenges, and regulatory frameworks with respect to AI technologies. Like, Canada and many other countries globally, Australia is seeking to promote the use and adoption of AI while mitigating potential high risks associated with AI systems including risks of bias, discrimination, and safety (especially with generative AI technologies and frontier models). The report canvasses many of the same policy issues Canada is struggling with including whether to adopt a “whole of economy” AI regulatory framework like AIDA and policy choices regarding uses of copyright materials for AI training including transparency obligations, and mechanisms to facilitate AI training such as a text and data exception, opt-in and opt-out consents, and remuneration for copyright owners.…