Tag: APS

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...

The APS is different: Gallagher to avoid AI job cuts

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In a week where large-scale, AI-related job cuts have impacted across the private sector, Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the AI measures so far introduced in the Australian Public...

High stakes: Katy Gallagher won’t risk an APS AI failure

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
As artificial intelligence seeps into the federal government’s major tech projects and public servants’ everyday workflows, Finance minister Katy Gallagher says there is still no appetite for failure. Senator...

Defence rolls out Microsoft Copilot on protected network

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence has rolled out Microsoft Copilot to tens of thousands of staff through its protected-level internal network, making it the last of Canberra’s biggest agencies to adopt the AI...

Finance leaves GovAI door ajar to sovereign models

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Anthropic’s Claude is set to become the next locally hosted AI model available through GovAI, as the federal government fixes on a technology agnostic approach to boost the platform’s...

Govt launches public sector AI tool amid productivity push

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new platform that gives federal public servants a secure way to experiment with artificial intelligence models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o has launched, as the government looks to boost adoption...

APS pilot brings local OpenAI instance to Canberra

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal agencies will gain access to an Australian instance of OpenAI’s GPT-4o as part of a whole-of-government AI service being trialed to accelerate the adoption of AI across the...

Contractor and consultant tracking switched on

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Finance has launched a tool to track labour hire staff and management consultants across government, promising a new layer of integrity after a sprawl of temporary...