The Australian Taxation Office has launched a tender for an AI coding assistant tools to support more than 800 developers, requiring all data processing to remain onshore and comply with stringent cybersecurity frameworks.
While the Australian Government last month released a set of AI Technical Standards, significant capability gaps exist across public sector agencies, with some yet to begin adoption despite mounting risks from technological inaction.
A Commonwealth Ombudsman investigation has found that automated government systems unlawfully cancelled income support payments for 9,642 job seekers over more than two years due to failures in updating computer systems after legislative changes.
The Digital Transformation Agency has released a technical standard to assist government agencies to embed transparency, accountability and safety measures across artificial intelligence system lifecycles.
In a controversial decision that has sparked widespread criticism, the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), announced that it would not take enforcement action against the Ministry of Defence.
We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents: systems that aspire to greater autonomy and can work in “teams” or use tools to accomplish complex tasks.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that large language models can autonomously plan and execute sophisticated cyberattacks on enterprise-grade network environments without human intervention.
The NSW Government has awarded Aristotle Metadata a new three-year contract to continue hosting its central metadata platform following a competitive tender process.
Britain's data protection watchdog has fined Scottish charity Birthlink £18,000 for destroying approximately 4,800 personal records containing irreplaceable adoption documents to create space within their filing cabinets.
Australia's privacy regulator will intensify scrutiny of artificial intelligence use, facial recognition technology and government messaging apps as part of its regulatory priorities for 2025-26.
