<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New polling tonight has exposed rising worker anxiety about the expanding use of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/artificial-intelligence" rel="" target="" title="artificial intelligence"><span>artificial intelligence</span></a><span>, as both the federal and state governments push to regulate the emerging technology</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Redbridge poll published by Unions </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> today shows 29 per cent of workers report being monitored by AI.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another 24 per cent say AI is doing their rosters and 38 per cent think the risks of AI outweigh the benefits.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-court-ex-detective-wayne-dean-accused-of-receiving-trips-to-thailand-and-luxury-hotels-to-help-travel-agent/eb150670-9d2f-4bd1-9281-fd5fdbd39191"><strong><span>Ex-detective accused of receiving trips to Thailand and luxury hotels</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The vast majority of those polled - 69 per cent - support tougher rules.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's something both the federal government and NSW state government are both trying to push through.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under new powers that have already passed the NSW parliament lower house, unions will be able to demand access to a business' AI software.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/artificial-intelligence-anxiety-among-workers-on-the-rise-new-poll/9910b621-8dd5-46be-be6a-8f610c413137" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They're entitled to ask, if it's not provided by an employer, then a court determines it," NSW Premier Chris Minns said in parliament today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But businesses are warning the changes would give unions "spy powers" to sift through the emails of every company, cafe and corner store in the state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bran Black from the Business Council of Australia warned it would give unions personal data employees might not want them to have access to.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is dangerous in the context of the access that it affords to union officials," Black told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To personal data, to emails, to HR systems, to payroll systems, to confidential information."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Businesses fear it would over-regulate AI and scare off investors, as well as delaying major housing and infrastructure projects. The laws are expected to pass through the upper house next week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>'Specific AI tax' for reskilling</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government has the first phase of an AI plan but everyone in Parliament House acknowledges the plan will need to change as the technology changes, and that will require a new level of agility.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As we look to greater take up of AI in the workplace, that needs to be worked through with workers and unions," Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While AI promises increased productivity, it will also bring disruption, lay-offs and the need for reskilling or retraining.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What we know is, if AI is done the right way and workers are involved you get much better outcomes," Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michele O'Neil told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Albanese government has made fee-free TAFE a cornerstone of two campaigns - hoping to address the skills shortage in technology and AI sectors - as governments around the world weigh up what's next.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tech pioneer Bill Gates says from the victor should come the spoils.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You might have a specific AI tax to raise money from the winners to support the losers," Gates told Nine's Charles Croucher this week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The unions say all options should be considered.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They need to pay for the intellectual property they're sometimes stealing," O'Neil said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But they also should pay for the training, and pay for the jobs they're creating."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Black said we haven't yet seen the "significant disruption as a consequence of artificial intelligence in the work place", in terms of jobs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</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&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>