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AI use has doubled – we took your concerns to Canberra

AI in finance is moving fast. Protections are not. Our latest survey shows AI use has almost doubled in a year, but the impact on workers continues to be concerning:

  • Fewer than 40% feel positively about the increased use of AI at work
  • 70% fear AI threatens their job security
  • 73% have not had a conversation about how AI will be used in their workplace
  • More than half report high or very high levels of workplace monitoring and surveillance.

This week, we took that message to Canberra. We met with key politicians including Dr Daniel Mulino MP (Minister for Financial Services), Senator Tim Ayres and Dr Andrew Charlton MP (just to name a few!) and told them: workers need rules that protect our job, our data and our dignity, not just the bottom line.

We also launched our new AI report in Parliament House, which shines a light on how workers’ experiences of AI have changed over the past year and sets out our plan for a digital just transition.

View out report here

The government’s newly-announced Australian AI Safety Institute is a welcome first step – but we need to go much further on AI. Until workers have enforceable rights, limits on surveillance and real pathways when roles change, AI in finance will keep being used against workers, not for us.

Thank you to everyone who completed the AI survey. Your voice shaped this report and powered our case in Canberra, and greatly helps drive our campaign for change. If you’d like to get more involved in our AI campaign, tell us here.

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