Tag: APS AI Plan

APS tech leaders tapped for AI oversight committee

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Some of the most senior technology figures within the Australian Public Service have been tapped to sit on a new AI oversight body, adding another accountability layer to the...

Gig Guide: ATO veteran tapped to lead APSC

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Jacqui Curtis, the Australian Taxation Office’s long-time chief operating officer, has been named the next Australian Public Service Commissioner and will begin her five-year term in June. Ms Curtis,...

Canberra puts blended GovAI assistant to test in first trial

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A cocktail of models from OpenAI, Anthropic and French AI startup Mistral are serving up answers to federal public servants through an early-stage trial of the Albanese government’s generative...

Finance chief AI officer Paul Hubbard on Delivery

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Welcome to Delivery: A GovTech Podcast! In this first episode, we talk to the Department of Finance’ chief AI officer Paul Hubbard about the structures and priorities behind the...

AI tsars are a box-tick without tiger teams, Dominello says

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Embedding AI tsars across federal government agencies risks creating another layer of bureaucracy without the ‘tiger teams’ to make them effective, former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello says. “It’s...

Govt sets aside $166m for public service AI chatbot

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence tool for the public service will receive more than $166 million in funding over the next three years, the federal government has announced in its...

GovAI no silver bullet for Canberra’s legacy IT woes

Posted on   |  by Olivia Shen
Last week, Finance minister Katy Gallagher unveiled the government’s AI Plan for the Australian Public Service. Across fifteen initiatives and three ‘pillars’, the plan aims to boost AI adoption...