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Act now to regulate public-sector use of AI, Australian lawmakers say

By James Panichi ( March 4, 2025, 07:11 GMT | Insight) -- If Australia doesn’t act fast to implement “effective and coordinated governance frameworks” to oversee the use of artificial intelligence by government departments and agencies, it runs the risk of the technology outpacing authorities’ ability to regulate it, lawmakers have warned. Members of a parliamentary committee investigating the use of AI in Australia’s public sector said they held a “very grave concern” that the government would miss its opportunity to rein in the possible detrimental effects of the technology.If Australia doesn’t act fast to implement “effective and coordinated governance frameworks” to oversee the use of artificial intelligence by government departments and agencies, it runs the risk of the technology outpacing authorities’ ability to regulate it, lawmakers have warned....

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