Industry groups call for tax on companies that replace workers with AI

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An AI-generated image of artificial intelligence in the workplace. Source: Private Media

Businesses that replace workers with artificial intelligence (AI) tools should pay additional taxes, an inquiry will hear, as well as calls for restrictions on the use of the technology and greater government oversight.

The calls are expected at the Adopting Artificial Intelligence inquiry at Parliament House on Tuesday, which will hear from media, digital rights and human rights groups, as well as legal and AI experts.

The event will be the inquiry’s third public hearing after sittings in Canberra and Sydney which heard concerns about copyright and that Australia had been slow to adopt the technology due to a lack of guidelines.

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