The lessons Australia must learn from the EU's sweeping AI curbs
As digital advisor to a key European parliamentarian, Kai Zenner shaped AI policy. With Australia now following suit, he warns of potential pitfalls.
Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic is very much looking to follow Europe’s lead when it comes to regulating AI. But one of Europe's foremost AI policy advisers warns against following the bloc completely.
Husic last week proposed 10 guardrails for AI development and deployment in the country. What is yet to be determined, however, is whether that should be policed via existing regulation or whether AI-specific laws should be passed.
Kai Zenner, digital policy adviser to influential MEP Axel Voss, told Capital Brief that Australia should learn from Europe’s mistake and use existing laws where possible.
“We as the European Union failed a little bit because we were carried away by this narrative that ‘oh wow, everything is new and we need to change everything... and not checking what those 116 other laws were already addressing," Zenner told Capital Brief during his visit to Parliament House in Canberra this week.
