Artificial Intelligence in government

Are you an Accountable Official?

Accountable Officials have specific responsibilities under the Australian Government's AI policy and accountability requirements.

Role of an Accountable Official

Support responsible AI adoption

Help create the conditions for AI to be adopted safely while delivering value for your agency and the community.

AI Policy  AI Impact Assessment Tool AI Review Committee

Meet transparency requirements

Understand what your agency needs to disclose about its use of AI and maintain your agency's transparency statement.

Standard for AI Transparency Statements 

Know how AI is being used in your agency 

Maintain visibility of AI use across the organisation and ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place.

Engage with the broader APS

Accountable Officials help ensure a coordinated approach to AI adoption across government.
 

Are you an Executive looking for AI resources?

Visit the Executive page to access AI resources and learning opportunities relevant to strategic leadership and decision-making. 

Do you work in a technical or ICT role?

Understand the requirements

Before designing or procuring an AI solution, understand the policy, standards and agency governance arrangements that apply.

AI Policy   AI Procurement in Government

Assess the use case

Understand the potential impact, risk, and value of the proposed AI use case before progressing.

AI Impact Assessment Tool   AI PoC to Scale

Design and implement AI safely

Understand the technical requirements and recommended approaches for government AI systems.

 AI Technical Standard  Agentic AI Addendum  AI Reference Architecture

Consider data, privacy and security

Use appropriate whole-of-government or agency resources to address data, privacy and security requirements when designing and implementing AI.

Are you an APS employee looking to learn about AI?

Start with your agency requirements

Before using AI for work, check your agency's policies, approved tools and guidance. Agency requirements should be your first source of direction on whether and how AI can be used in your role.  

Can I use AI at work?

If you're considering using tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or other publicly available generative AI services for APS work, understand what you can and can't do before you start.

   Guidance on Public Generative AI

Can I rely on the answer?

AI can produce inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information. Check outputs before using them.

Am I still responsible?

Using AI doesn't remove your responsibility for the work or decisions you make.

Build your AI capability 

Use these resources to strengthen your understanding and confidence when in using AI:

APS Academy AI Learning  Guidance for AI Training   

AI Insights and Seminars