This submission uses insights from research at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and considers questions raised in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Digital platform services inquiry issues paper on general search services. The submission specifically addresses questions around privacy and security risks, the use of generative artificial intelligence in...

What kinds of data sources, tools and platforms do we have available, what is the value and the challenge of data and new sources of information, what do we need and what is coming down the line that can help support better policy making, citizen engagement, access to knowledge and decision-making? This presentation outlines some...