High-Risk AI Applications Could Face Bans Under Potential Law Reforms

The government is considering introducing risk categories for AI applications, some of which would then be banned.

Participants chat in front of an electronic image of a soldier before the closing session of the Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) summit in Seoul on Sept. 10, 2024. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images

Australians are increasingly concerned by the intrusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into daily life, and the government is working on ways to constrain it, Labor MP Patrick Gorman has told the Australian Lawyers Alliance national conference in Fremantle.

Gorman is Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and the Attorney General, as well as Assistant Minister for the Public Service.