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A senior adviser to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese edited language in a bipartisan parliamentary committee letter on AI policy before it was sent to him, the Guardian reports. Committee member David Pocock called the involvement concerning; the committee chair rejected criticism that the letter had been predetermined by the government.

The Guardian says it saw notes showing the adviser made multiple edits and marked some content “fine” before the committee sent the letter on Monday night. The excerpt does not identify the adviser or spell out what the letter recommended, so the dispute here is about process, not the substance of AI policy.

Discuss: When government staff review parliamentary advice on AI, where should the line fall between routine drafting and compromising a committee’s independence?

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