Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope
- Written by Jessica Russ-Smith, Associate Professor of Social Work and Chair, Indigenous Research Ethics Advisory Panel, Australian Catholic University
Earlier this month, Australia’s long-anticipated National AI Plan was released to a mixed reception.
The plan shifts away from the government’s previously promised mandatory AI safeguards. Instead, it’s positioned as a whole-of-government roadmap for building an “AI-enabled economy”.
The plan has raised alarm bells...



