Human rights and AI: interesting insights from Australia's commission

The conundrum is one that many governments face: how do you make the most of technological advances in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) while protecting people's rights? This applies to government as both a user of the tech and a regulator with a mandate to protect the public. Australia's Human Rights Commission recently undertook an exercise to consider this very question. Its final report, Human Rights and Technology, was published recently and includes some 38 recommendations – from establishing an AI Safety Commissioner to introducing legislation so that a person is notified when a company uses AI in a decision that affects them. We have rounded up some of the report's recommendations for governments about how to ensure greater use of AI-informed decision-making does not result in human rights disaster.