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Petition: Right to Refuse AI Scribes in Healthcare

Clinics are installing AI scribes all over our health system.

These AI tools use large-language models to transcribe and summarise the conversation between you and your doctor. The scribe can also use this summary to create letters and in some cases suggest diagnosis or treatment plans.

AI Transcription in Healthcare

AI transcription software is being increasingly rolled out across Australia, including in General Practice, Specialist, and Pediatric care settings.

We’ll be working hard to make sure the introduction of AI into healthcare is done with privacy and safety at the forefront.

Military-grade AI: the future of civilian surveillance?

Much of the dialogue around military use of AI in warfare focuses on questions of human oversight. However, this assumes that AI has a legitimate role in making decisions that can end thousands of lives.

No datacentres for hyperscalers

AI datacentres to be used by US hyperscalers are being built across Australia at a pace that governments are struggling to keep up with, and the costs are being passed on to everyone else.

Submission to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner regarding the Children’s Online Privacy Code

The exposure draft of the Code is an extremely welcome development, and Digital Rights Watch is broadly supportive of this initiative. The development of the Code represents an important step forward for Australia’s privacy landscape, which otherwise lags behind many comparable jurisdictions. With many Australians expressing concerns about the dangers and problems of online environments, especially for young people, the draft Code represents a rights-respecting approach to addressing a range of these concerns.