Use of AI could worsen racism and sexism in Australia, human rights commissioner warns
Australia’s human rights commissioner Lorraine Finlay warns AI’s algorithmic and automation biases risk entrenching racism and sexism unless regulated. Labor senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah urges freeing domestic data to train models that reflect Australian diversity, while media and arts groups decry potential IP theft. Experts call for a dedicated AI Act, transparency around training datasets, mandatory bias testing and human oversight to safeguard against discrimination and protect content creators as government grapples with AI policy.