The Treasurer's highly anticipated economic roundtable is shaping to be a showdown over the future of AI.

Businesses want to limit regulations while unions want workers to determine the rollout and a new government report is fuelling the tension.

"It would diminish the benefits for business and for workers and it would hold back the Australian economy," Andrew McKellar from the Australian Chamber of Commerce said.

At the treasurer's economic summit in Canberra next week it could be the virtual elephant in the room.

A new report has found AI is more likely to help workers turbocharge their output, rather than replace them but concedes entry-level roles could be more heavily impacted.

It recommends a government-led centralised rollout that collaborates with workers.

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