Generative AI to be used by everyone involved in government work

Australian government departments are all getting 'chief AI officers'

Chief artificial intelligence officers will be appointed to every federal agency in 2026 as generative AI causes a “fundamental shift” in government operations, according to an AI Plan for the Australian Public Service (APS) released by the federal government on Wednesday. The plan will see every government worker given access to generative AI tools, as... Read more »

Generative AI to be used by everyone involved in government work

Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher announcing the government’s AI Plan for the Public Service. Photo: Supplied. Artificial intelligence is to be embedded across the Australian Public Service as the Federal Government seeks to tap into the full potential of the technology to help it run the country. Every government agency will have an SES-level chief AI officer by July next year; a new team will be created within the Finance Department to gu…