The EU’s recently released ‘Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence’, and the introduction of the ‘Algorithmic Accountability Act’ as a bill in the US highlight the importance that governments around the world are placing on AI and its expected impact on society and the global economy.
As similar legal and policy developments start to emerge in Australia — the recent release of Data61’s Ethics Framework being one example — we consider whether the approaches being taken to regulate AI in key overseas jurisdictions like Europe and the US are influencing AI policy-making in Australia.