Labor to Launch ChatGPT-Style App in Major Government AI Initiative
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 10 Nov 2025
- Priority Score
- 3
- Australian
- Yes
- Created
- 12 Nov 2025, 11:07 am
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Huge swathes of data will be allowed on artificial intelligence platforms in a push to turbocharge the technology’s use in the public service.
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The article highlights an Australian government initiative to introduce a ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence engine in the public sector by 2026. This development involves substantial data integration across government platforms to enhance the use of AI technology. It underscores a strategic move to appoint chief AI officers within departments and streamline AI service procurement, potentially advancing digital governance but raises questions on data privacy and ethical AI use. The focus on AI governance pertains to broader global discussions on safely integrating AI in public systems, emphasizing Australia's role in technological adoption while ensuring responsible governance frameworks.
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PoliticsFederalAIPrint articleRonald MizenPolitical correspondentNov 12, 2025 – 9.58amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginFederal bureaucrats will get access to a ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence engine from 2026, and huge swaths of government data will be allowed to be uploaded to public AI platforms in a push to boost use of the technology across the public service.The government will also require departments to appoint a chief AI officer, streamline procurement of artificial intelligence services and move toa whole-of-government cloud policyto allow more adoption of the technology.Loading...Ronald Mizenis the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra.Connect withRonaldonTwitter.EmailRonaldatronald.mizen@afr.comSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIPublic serviceSoftwareData analysisFetching latest articlesWe met a professional shoplifter to understand this crime’s popularityGreg Bearup and Carrie LaFrenzShaken, stirred and a little smoky: three cocktails to define summerThis restaurant is stuck in the past. That’s what makes it greatWhy job hopping might now be the fastest route to a six-figure salaryHannah TattersallCurtis Stone’s $4m flop forced him to rethink everythingThe secret weapon boards are deploying to survive AGM seasonBook these holiday-maxing dates before your colleagues doAnna McCooeThe Euro summer is so last year. Here’s what’s next on the ContinentInside the high-stakes cook-off to be crowned young chef of the yearGoldman Sachs dealmaker lists $22m Brighton mansion with two poolsSarah Petty‘I was sitting on a bench’: How a chance encounter led to a $5b empireBillionaire Shahin family takes stake in Perth payment fintech Bless