aceAlbanese government warned it’s ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI
The federal government is “sleepwalking its way into another robodebt” scandal amid a lack of transparency and legislation around use of algorithms and artificial intelligence in decisions, the chief executive of independent thinktank the Centre for Public Integrity said. Dr Catherine Williams launched the centre’s “Computer Says No” report on Thursday, which examines the use of automated decision-making (ADM) tools by the government and calls for urgent reform. The centre is concerned Australians may not know w…
An algorithm in the aged care integrated assessment tool routinely under-assesses older Australians' home support needs, and assessors are banned from overriding it, with no legislated framework governing government automated decisions.
The findings come from a thinktank report and officials' responses; the draft government framework has not been published, so how it would address the concerns, or apply retrospectively, is unknown.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-11-04
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