Albanese highlights digital duty of care, warns of AI risks after government website breach

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cited recent Australian measures on social media and digital safety, telling the assembly that "last year at this assembly, Australian parents spoke to world leaders about their campaign resulting in our nation's social media ban for under 16s." He said Australia has since announced a digital duty of care to give people greater control over online content and called for international action on artificial intelligence.

Albanese warned of specific technical risks, saying an AI agent infiltrated an Australian government website and that leaders in the AI industry have themselves warned of risks if frontier AI develops too quickly without guard rails. He said Australia is helping to establish standards to ensure AI works for people, not the other way around.