You’re shipping an AI product in Australia. Data provenance, the claims you make and the contracts you sign this quarter set your exposure.
Information, not advice
This page is information, not legal advice about your matter. A retainer begins only when a lawyer confirms it.
Start here
Write down what your model is trained on, and what you say it can do
Those two facts sit behind every contract you sign and every question the ACCC or the OAIC might ask. They are cheap to pin down now and expensive to reconstruct later.
What to work through, in order
Data provenance
What the model was trained on, under what licence, and whether personal information was involved. The Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles govern collection and secondary use, and copyright in training data remains unsettled.
Claims about the system
Statements about accuracy or capability engage the misleading conduct provisions of the Australian Consumer Law. The ACCC has signalled that AI claims will be treated like any other performance claim.
Contracts and liability
Where liability sits when an output is wrong, what is warranted, and whether the unfair contract terms regime reaches your standard form agreements. That regime now carries civil penalties.
Next steps
What happens if you go ahead
Scoping call
Written scope and fixed-fee quote
Engagement, once a lawyer confirms
Who would handle it
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