<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Treasurer's highly anticipated economic roundtable is shaping to be a showdown over the future of AI.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Businesses want to limit regulations while unions want workers to determine the rollout and a new government report is fuelling the tension.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It would diminish the benefits for business and for workers and it would hold back the Australian economy," Andrew McKellar from the Australian Chamber of Commerce said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/regional-queensland-struck-by-56-magnitude-earthquake/7ba75a0d-0418-4c76-a6f4-314e4686ec4d" rel="" target="" title="'Nothing happens here' Disbelief as 5.6 earthquake strikes regional Queensland"><strong><span>'Nothing happens here' Disbelief as 5.6 earthquake strikes regional Queensland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the treasurer's economic summit in Canberra next week it could be the virtual elephant in the room.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A new report has found AI is more likely to help workers turbocharge their output, rather than replace them but concedes entry-level roles could be more heavily impacted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It recommends a government-led centralised rollout that collaborates with workers.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/articifial-intelligence-future-role-of-ai-in-australian-businesses-to-be-discussed-new-government-report/eb0b0c09-0e35-4752-99be-f20c400432b0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They know how AI can be used at work most effectively, and importantly, where it's going to add to the productivity of their work, not where it's going to take away jobs," Liam O'Brien from the Australian Council of Trade Unions said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But not everyone agrees with the sentiment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It would give them a right of veto and we think that would be putting too much power into the hands of unions," McKellar said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.nine.com.au/sport/football/premier-league-2025-26-diego-jota-tribute-liverpool-v-bournemouth-20250816-p5mneo.html"><strong><span>'Can feel him here': Liverpool pays emotional tribute to Jota</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But business groups and unions do agree on other suggestions including a push to upskill workers with an AI crash course and to embed training into university and TAFE qualifications.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It puts unions and employers on a collision course ahead of next week's round table, which will discuss the role of AI in helping to slash red tape to improve productivity and lift lagging living standards.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You do not improve living standards, by raising the cost of doing business," Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>