Can Southeast Asia cut and paste Australia’s AI safeguards?

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Australia has introduced mandatory AI safeguards requiring companies to report incidents involving rogue or misaligned models and to make systems available for evaluation. Analysts say the approach could inform policy in Southeast Asia, though countries in the region need stronger institutional and technical capabilities.

Australia’s new mandatory safeguards on AI companies could serve as a model for Southeast Asia, analysts say, but the region needs to build its institutional and technical capabilities first. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday that AI companies operating in Australia must immediately report incidents in which their models behave in a rogue or misaligned way and must open systems for evaluation. The measures followed a breach of Australia’s government health data system in June...