Digital Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Getting it right: Building AI infrastructure that works for Australia consultation paper.

We recognise the potential of AI to improve Australian standards of living and productivity. However, it also has the potential to cause immense harm to our quality of life, personal safety, and environment.

We welcome the introduction of AI standards into Australia. Not only is this important for creating an environment where future industries can be built, but also for ensuring that those industries are not doing so on the back of infringing Australians’ human rights.