The trick: Announced Not Shipped
Headlines say Australia will make AI companies prove their safety systems work.
The source is a speech, and the law is planned for 2027.
Australia will make AI companies prove their safety systems work.
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2027
The source is a speech by Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton outlining an approach. ABC News says the standards are due by the end of the year and the rules are to be legislated in 2027.
The twist
The speech says these approaches could apply to the riskiest frontier developers, and it names no penalty, regulator or test for what counts as proof.
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Receipts
- Context web.archive.org:
Today I want to outline how the Albanese Government is approaching the question of frontier AI regulation
- Supports web.archive.org:
and then holding them accountable for whether that process works
- Supports web.archive.org:
Government sets the standard those processes must meet, and ensures companies have robust processes in place.
- Context web.archive.org:
These types of approaches could ensure that for developers of models with the sharpest, most acute frontier AI risks
- Context web.archive.org:
the Government is developing AI standards legislation
- Supports web.archive.org:
voluntary regulation and codes are fast and flexible, but they fail the incentive test.
- Context web.archive.org:
Our rules will raise the floor for firms that operate within our laws.
- Refutes abc.net.au:
Labor is finalising national AI standards due by the end of the year with plans to legislate the new rules in 2027.
- Context abc.net.au:
OpenAI has now backed mandatory safety requirements, independent assessments and incident reporting
- Refutes proactiveinvestors.com:
The approach is expected to form the basis of legislation in 2027
- Context proactiveinvestors.com:
developers could soon be required to prove it before the most powerful models are widely deployed
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