Cameras used to photograph drivers breaking phone and seatbelt rules are bending privacy rules, according to an audit into Queensland ‘s transport.

An artificial intelligence (AI) image-recognition system used to detect possible mobile phone and seatbelt offences has come under scrutiny after suggestions it may be breaching driver privacy.

The Queensland Audit Office released a report on Wednesday on managing the ethical risks of AI, where it made multiple recommendations to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR).

The audit found the TMR was not effectively identifying and managing aspects of ethical risks associated with its Mobile Phone and Seatbelt Technology (MPST) system, and that it needed to do more to ensure it assesses and manages ethical risks in a “st

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