More than half of all federal government agencies using artificial intelligence last year adopted the technology without creating policies to govern its use, raising fresh concerns about the system of governance in place across the Australian Public Service.
The finding, contained in an annual audit of government financial statements, comes as a government taskforce continues work to design new policies, standards and other guidance for the use of AI.
The audit, published last month, reveals 15 of the 27 agencies that adopted AI before July 2023 had not implemented governance frameworks to manage their use of the technology, according to disclosures to the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO).
Want to know how this story ends?
Become a subscriber for complete access to all stories on InnovationAus.com and our daily newsletter.
Do you know more? Contact James Riley via Email.