
AI Scribes Are Spreading Through Clinics Faster Than the Rules Around Them
Use of AI note-taking tools by Australian doctors nearly doubled in 15 months, and regulators are now asking whether consent and oversight have kept pace.
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Use of AI note-taking tools by Australian doctors nearly doubled in 15 months, and regulators are now asking whether consent and oversight have kept pace.

Banning under-16s from TikTok, Instagram and YouTube answers a real public anxiety, but a law the government cannot enforce risks becoming a comforting fiction that lets the platforms off the hook.

Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and X will be off-limits to children under 16 under plans the prime minister says will give young people their childhood back.

The government is fast-tracking reforms to bring standalone AI chatbots within the scope of online safety rules, after an Ofcom investigation exposed a gap that left some tools outside the law entirely.