The Australian Government is now operating in line with Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics Principles guide businesses and governments to responsibly design, develop and implement AI. 

It’s part of the Australian Government’s commitment to make Australia a global leader in responsible and inclusive AI. For Australia to realise the immense potential of AI we need to be able to trust it is safe, secure and reliable.

On 5 September 2024 we published the Voluntary AI Safety Standard. The standard helps organisations develop and deploy AI systems in Australia through 10 voluntary AI guardrails. The guardrails build on the work and research of the 8 AI Ethics Principles found here. 

We updated this publication on 11 October 2024 following the release of the standard.

How we developed the principles

Testing the AI Ethics Principles

Read the case studies of how some of Australia's biggest businesses trialled the principles in a pilot program.

Developing the AI Ethics Principles

We asked the public for input and will continue to monitor as AI technology matures.

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