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...
More than 100 senior officials meant to oversee an artificial intelligence uplift within the public service are yet to be appointed and AI training has not yet been delivered...
A scattershot approach to data management in federal agencies is harming productivity, increasing cyber risks and could disrupt the output of the government’s upcoming artificial intelligence tools, new research...
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...
Companies bidding for federal government contracts will soon have to disclose any planned use of artificial intelligence and take responsibility for its output, under new procurement rules set to...
Tens of thousands of bureaucrats will participate in trials of a generative artificial intelligence chatbot this year as part of the federal government’s plans to lift tech capability within...
The most advanced artificial intelligence models aren’t powerful enough to accurately scrutinise bills and laws, new research shows, but a senior legal academic says more and murkier legislation sent...
The Department of Home Affairs is creating a new deputy secretary-level group to centralise its fragmented data and technology functions and boost its AI capabilities. The new Technology, Data...
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...