Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more prevalent and
widely used across the private and public sector, and many of us
are struggling with how and when to make use of it. Looking to
provide some public sector clarity, and guidance for the private
sector, the Australian Government has recently rolled out a policy
for the use of AI within its agencies.
Titled 'Policy for the responsible use of AI in
government', it aims to position the government as an example
of safe and responsible adoption and use of AI technologies.
In this policy, the definition from the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is used to define AI
as:
"An AI system is a machine-based system that, for
explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it
receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content,
recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or
virtual environments. Different AI systems vary in their level of
autonomy and
