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"A year ago, the Commonwealth government established a policy requiring most
federal agencies to publish “AI transparency statements” on their websites by
February 2025. These statements were meant to explain how agencies use
artificial intelligence (AI), in what domains and with what safeguards.
The stated goal was to build public trust in government use of AI – without
resorting to legislation. Six months after the deadline, early results from our
research (to be published in full later this year) suggest this policy is not
working.
We looked at 224 agencies and found only 29 had easily identifiable AI
transparency statements. A deeper search found 101 links to statements.
That adds up to a compliance rate of around 45%, although for some agencies
(such as defence, intelligence and corporate agencies) publishing a statement
is recommended rather than required, and it is possible some agencies could
share the same statement. Still, these tentative early findings raise serious
questions about the effectiveness of Australia’s “soft-touch” approach to AI
governance in the public sector."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
