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The Albanese government has taken a proactive step towards responsible artificial intelligence (AI) by releasing the Voluntary AI Safety Standard, a best practice guide.
The Standard consists of 10 voluntary guardrails that apply to all organisations throughout the AI supply chain.
These guardrails include transparency and accountability requirements across the supply chain and explain what developers and deployers of AI systems must do.
Businesses that use AI in high-risk settings will also have better guidance on implementation through the Standard.
According to the government, the guide is in step with similar actions in other jurisdictions, including the EU, Japan, Singapore, and the US. It will be updated over time to conform to changes in best practice.
Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic said, “People want to know there are protections in place if things go wrong.”
“Business has called for greater clarity around using AI safely,” he said. “We need more people to use AI, and to do that, we must build trust.”
Along with these voluntary standards, the government is seeking feedback on the Proposals Paper for Introducing Mandatory Guardrails for AI in High-Risk Settings for consultation.
Earlier this year, the government appointed an AI expert group to guide the future use of responsible AI in the country.
The group’s work has so far informed the government’s Proposals Paper for Introducing Mandatory Guardrails for AI in High-Risk Settings, which includes the critical elements of a proposed definition of high-risk AI, ten proposed mandatory guardrails and three regulatory options to mandate these guardrails.
Submissions to the Proposals Paper for Introducing Mandatory Guardrails for AI in High-Risk Settings are open until 4 October this year.