Burning Platforms Orgy of Opportunity with Prof Nicholas Davis
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Feb 24, 2026 
Nicholas Davis, UTS professor on AI governance. Dan Stinton, HealthEngine CEO with SaaS and business insight. Lizzie O'Shea, digital rights lawyer and advocate. They discuss AI summit takeaways, product liability and platform accountability, NSW workplace laws for digital systems, the SaaSpocalypse and how SaaS must evolve, plus orchestration and national AI strategy.
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Product Design Can Be Treated As Defective
- Product design choices like infinite scroll and engagement-prioritising algorithms can create harms distinct from content moderation protections such as Section 230.
- Lizzie O'Shea highlighted a bellwether US trial treating Instagram as a potentially defective product with causation and addiction evidence central to outcome.
Use Regulators To Force Platform Transparency
- Regulators should demand transparency and regular reporting from platforms about harms rather than forcing individual plaintiffs to carry discovery burdens.
- Lizzie argued regulator-led inquiries avoid retraumatising plaintiffs and shift risk and cost away from individuals.
NSW Makes AI A Work Health And Safety Duty
- NSW has amended workplace laws to require employers to ensure digital work systems, including AI, don't risk worker health and safety.
- Peter Lewis noted unions can inspect systems within 48 hours, marking a rare OHS application to AI deployment.