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Australia’s light touch on AI rules comes with warning for business

Nick Bonyhady
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Australian businesses will have a relatively free hand to deploy artificial intelligence tools after the Albanese government opted for broad guidelines to shape the country’s use of the burgeoning technology.

In response to its months-long AI review, the government said it will have experts craft voluntary guidelines for most uses, mandatory “guardrails” for higher risk contexts and consider labelling standards for AI-generated images.

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Nick Bonyhady is a technology writer for the Australian Financial Review, based in Sydney. He is a former technology editor, industrial relations and politics reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald and Age. Connect with Nick on Twitter. Email Nick at nick.bonyhady@afr.com

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