Tertiary regulator gives new guidance on AI in research

Artificial intelligence is “poisoning data’’, the university regulator has told Australian researchers, as the federal government’s review of research grants is delayed by three months, reports Natasha Bita for The Australian.

The risks of using generative AI in research have been outlined by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), which has also revealed a jumble of contradictory AI policies among universities scrambling to slap rules on use of the runaway technology.

“All research staff and students need to understand the risks gen AI tools may pose to data security, accuracy and privacy, and to assess the efficacy and safety of using them,’’ TEQSA says in new guidance for the use of generative AI in research. “Some of the risks … are data poisoning resulting from models being trained on untrusted or unvalidated data.’’
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