“You shouldn’t just look at technology as plug it into the wall, switch it on and everything will be right,” Husic said.Ĭritics of the technology fear AI systems can regurgitate information built on the words, imagery, or designs created by others, without adequately referencing the original creators or compensating them for their work. Speaking to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Husic also revealed he is also waiting on the findings of a National Science and Technology Council report mapping out the technology’s potential economic and ethical drawbacks.

Minister for Science and Industry Ed Husic last week said the federal government is contemplating ways to effectively bridge the gap between emerging AI systems and small businesses, in an attempt to boost their productivity and increase global competitiveness.

The announcement of Canva’s new AI-powered functions, and the broader rise of artificial image generation, come as lawmakers begin to seriously consider how the technology could affect Australian workers. “Trying to do the right thing”: Husic backs decision to pause new STEM grants as diversity review takes place Read moreĬanva’s text-to-image beta was built on Stable Diffusion, which, along with DALL-E, is becoming a go-to image creation tool for online creatives in its own right.

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