Australia to Potentially Ban High-Risk, Social Scoring AI

Published on February 14, 2024

A newly established task force will set out to identify the riskiest uses of artificial intelligence, such as social scoring and biometric identification. Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic on Feb. 14 announced the appointments for the Artificial Intelligence Expert Group, saying that mandatory restrictions and voluntary rules should be used to make sure that AI is used appropriately and without harmful consequences in Australia. “We want to get the balance right and also allow low-risk AI to flourish unimpeded,” he said. He noted that in the EU, there has been examples of AI being used that had “unacceptable” risk, such as social scoring of people based on socio-economic status....

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