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Government under pressure on plans to regulate AI
The Albanese Government is facing mounting pressure to confirm how it plans to regulate fast-growing artificial intelligence technology, with the Coalition critical of mixed messaging from Labor ministers about whether new laws are needed. Source: The Guardian.
Exploring bioethical issues of AI in healthcare
Australian Catholic University’s Plunkett Centre for Ethics will host a webinar next week to introduce healthcare professionals, ethicists and the public to bioethical issues in artificial intelligence.
AI helps boost NAPLAN results in Brisbane Catholic schools
Brisbane Catholic Education schools involved in a pilot writing program using feedback from artificial intelligence software have seen NAPLAN results improve eight times faster than the state average. Source: The Australian.
ACTU wants workers protected from ‘bad faith’ uses of AI
The Australian Council of Trade Unions will demand that employers guarantee workers’ job security before introducing artificial intelligence into their businesses, ahead of the Albanese Government’s productivity roundtable next month. Source: The Age.
Pope warns of negative effects on children of AI
Pope Leo XIV has issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence can have on the “intellectual and neurological development” of rising generations. Source: CNA.
AI study finds some Dead Sea Scrolls older than thought
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence model on carbon-dated Dead Sea Scrolls to predict their age, and found several scrolls were older than previously thought. Source: ABC News.
Pope Leo says he chose name due to revolution of artificial intelligence
Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name as a commitment to the Church’s social teaching amid a new revolution in artificial intelligence. Source: Crux.
Weighing benefits of AI in education against ethical implications
Artificial intelligence is no longer a concept; it’s here and changing how students learn and teachers teach in schools across Australia. Source: Catholic Voice.
Rise of AI creates ‘second front’ in war against child exploitation
The Church needs to expand its safeguarding efforts to include the new threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence, top organisers of a Vatican conference said. Source: CNS.