Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence: Interim Report
Andrew Meares, Katherine Daniell, Maia Gould, Matthew Holt · ANU Open Research (Australian National University) · 2024
On 26 March 2024, the Senate resolved that a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) (the committee), be established to inquire into and report on the opportunities and impacts for Australia arising out of the uptake of AI technologies in Australia, including consideration of: (a) recent trends and opportunities in the development and adoption of AI technologies in Australia and overseas, in particular regarding generative AI; (b) risks and harms arising from the adoption of AI technologies, including bias, discrimination and error; (c) emerging international approaches to mitigating AI risks; (d) opportunities to adopt AI in ways that benefit citizens, the environment and/or economic growth, for example in health and climate management; (e) opportunities to foster a responsible AI industry in Australia; (f) potential threats to democracy and trust in institutions from generative AI; and (g) environmental impacts of AI technologies and opportunities for limiting and mitigating impacts.