Australia Plans to introduce new tougher laws on Artificial Intelligence amid concerns about the Misuse of AI in generating content and circulating some deep fake content on the internet.

 On Thursday, Australia announced its concern, a plan to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) including a strict ban on deep fake and unrealistic but seems real content after looking at the risk of misuse of the technology.

The decision comes after a high-level meeting of top executives conducted earlier this week when they introduced the “risk of extinction from AI” and also told the member of the policy-making committee to equate it to risks posed by pandemics and war.

“There is clearly, in the community, a concern about whether or not the technology is getting ahead of itself,” Ed Husic (Industry and Science Minister) told ABC television.

A recently released report by Australia’s National Science and Technology Council on Thursday revealed that AI-generated content could be misused in parliamentary consultations by creating a flood of submissions to mislead public opinion.

Added more “Government have got a clear role to play in recognizing the risk and… putting curbs in place,” said Husic.

Where many countries are investing in AI technology and promoting research work in this field, Australia is among the first countries to regulate AI by delivering a voluntary conduct framework in 2018.

Industry and Science Minister Husic acknowledged gaps in the legal dictionary covering copyright, privacy, and consumer protection and said the government wanted to ensure its legal frameworks were “fit for purpose” given the rapid development of the AI sector.

Australia and some other countries like European Union also looking to pass laws to restrict the misuse of AI. EU lawmakers inched closer to regulation on AI and pass a law to regulate this technology which became the world’s first comprehensive AI law that could act as a precedent among advanced economies.

Minister also told that the country will also ban the high-risk elements of AI if there was strong demand for it during public consultations to frame the new laws.

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