AI-Generated Content May Need to Be Labelled in Australia

The government has been concerned about the ‘high risk’ application of AI and its impact on privacy.
AI-Generated Content May Need to Be Labelled in Australia
Cutting edge applications of Artificial Intelligence on display at the Artificial Intelligence Pavilion of Zhangjiang Future Park during a state organized media tour in Shanghai on June 18, 2021. Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
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Growing public mistrust of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has prompted the Australian federal government to move to regulate the technology, including asking tech companies to watermark or indicate that a piece of content was created by AI.

More than 500 submissions were received by an inquiry into safe and responsible AI, prompting Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic to say that while the government wanted to ensure “low risk” uses of AI continued to develop, some applications needed new, stricter regulation.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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