Australian government could explore using AI for cabinet submissions despite security concerns

Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the public service is building its own artificial intelligence program and spruiks productivity benefits

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The federal government could “explore” using artificial intelligence programs to write sensitive cabinet submissions or business cases, as part of a major initiative to embed AI across the public service, despite concerns about the technology increasing risks of security and data breaches.

The finance minister, Katy Gallagher, also announced on Wednesday the public service would build its own special AI program for government workers, spruiking productivity benefits for rolling out generative programs such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini to departments.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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