{"id":186508,"date":"2021-06-01T05:49:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=18758"},"modified":"2021-06-01T05:49:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:49:20","slug":"govt-technology-procurement-is-a-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/06\/01\/govt-technology-procurement-is-a-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt technology procurement is a \u2018vulnerability\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
The procurement process is<\/strong> a key point of weakness in the government\u2019s development and use of emerging technologies, and human rights need to be better considered in this process, according to Human Rights Commissioner Ed Santow.<\/p>\n After three years of research and work, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its final report on human rights and technology last week, with nearly 40 recommendations for government to ensure emerging technologies are fair and protect human rights.<\/p>\n A number of recommendations were around government procurement, which Mr Santow said is a significant vulnerability at the moment.<\/p>\n \u201cThe government needs to be able to ask the right questions in the procurement process. That is a point of real vulnerability. If you don\u2019t get that right you can end up with an AI system that causes real harm,\u201d Mr Santow told InnovationAus.<\/p>\n