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Employers should be required to consult with employees ahead of implementing AI in their workplace, and approach AI risks as they would work health and safety issues, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended.

In its 222-page final report, handed down this evening, the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence notes that, "while AI is already used in many industries, the generative AI systems like ChatGPT-4 that have come to such prominence in recent years have the potential for myriad new uses in the workplace, and to drive significant improvements to the productivity of Australian businesses and workers".

"These productivity gains will be delivered through the use of generative AI to both augment and automate work tasks, thereby freeing up workers to be employed more efficiently and to undertake higher value tasks"...