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Privacy skeptic to lead Australian data productivity inquiry

By Ryan Cropp ( December 13, 2024, 02:29 GMT | Insight) -- A new Australian government inquiry into the productivity benefits of data and digital technology will be overseen by a senior economist with a longstanding skepticism towards data privacy laws and artificial intelligence regulation. The study announced today will be led by Stephen King, a top official at the government’s independent economic advisory agency, the Productivity Commission, who has previously expressed strong views about the tension between data privacy and competition. King’s data and digital inquiry is one of five launched today by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, alongside parallel studies into economic dynamism, workforce skills, the care economy and the energy transformation.A new Australian government inquiry into the productivity benefits of data and digital technology will be overseen by a senior economist with a longstanding skepticism towards data privacy laws and artificial intelligence regulation....

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