{"slug": "treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity", "title": "Treasurer launches AI inquiry as fears grow it will not fix productivity", "summary": "Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers launched an inquiry into artificial intelligence, tasking Labor backbencher Ed Husic with investigating whether technology can reverse the country's productivity, which sits at 60-year lows. The inquiry proceeds amid growing fears that AI will not fix the productivity problem.", "body_md": "With productivity at 60-year lows, Labor backbencher Ed Husic has been tasked with investigating the use of technology to reverse ... [Read More](https://stockhead.com.au/tech/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity/)\n\nThe post [Treasurer launches AI inquiry as fears grow it will not fix productivity](https://stockhead.com.au/tech/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity/) appeared first on [Stockhead](https://stockhead.com.au).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity", "canonical_source": "https://stockhead.com.au/tech/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity/", "published_at": "2026-09-16 03:50:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 04:07:16.544664+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Jim Chalmers", "Ed Husic", "Australian Labor Party", "Stockhead"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/treasurer-launches-ai-inquiry-as-fears-grow-it-will-not-fix-productivity.jsonld"}}