The Australian Taxation Office has launched a tender for an AI coding assistant tools to support more than 800 developers, requiring all data processing to remain onshore and comply with stringent cybersecurity frameworks.
A Commonwealth Ombudsman investigation has found that automated government systems unlawfully cancelled income support payments for 9,642 job seekers over more than two years due to failures in updating computer systems after legislative changes.
While the Australian Government last month released a set of AI Technical Standards, significant capability gaps exist across public sector agencies, with some yet to begin adoption despite mounting risks from technological inaction.
The Digital Transformation Agency has released a technical standard to assist government agencies to embed transparency, accountability and safety measures across artificial intelligence system lifecycles.
We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents: systems that aspire to greater autonomy and can work in “teams” or use tools to accomplish complex tasks.
