Information Governance in the AI age
U.S.-based research published in March 2026 has found that while AI productivity gains are real, they are uneven and often slower to materialise than the hype suggests. The NBER working paper, Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, and the Workforce, draws on a survey of nearly 750 financial executives, primarily from U.S. organisations, […]
As organisations increasingly adopt AI technologies, many are grappling with how to govern this transformative capability in a way that supports innovation while managing risk. Establishing the right AI governance structure is a critical step in building accountability, transparency, and alignment with organisational values. The latest UTS Human Technology […]
Despite record levels of enterprise investment, estimated at between US $30–40 billion, most organisations are seeing little or no measurable return from generative AI. MIT’s State of AI in Business 2025 report finds that while more than 80%f organisations have piloted tools such as ChatGPT or Copilot, only around 5% have […]
The Human Technology Institute has published its latest AI Corporate Governance Program resource: From Invisible to Involved – A Guide to Worker Engagement on AI. Building on HTI’s Invisible Bystander research into how Australian workers are experiencing the impact of AI and automation, this new guide provides a practical roadmap to help […]
On 7 April 2025, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) released its 2025 AI Index report which provides a comprehensive look at the global state of artificial intelligence. The 2025 AI Index highlights key developments over the past year including: AI performance continues to significantly improve and is AI is increasingly embedded in […]
The International AI Safety Report, published on 29 January 2025, sets out it ‘is the world’s first comprehensive synthesis of current literature of the risks and capabilities of advanced AI systems.’ This report arose from the Bletchley AI Safety Summit and the agreement to ‘build a shared scientific and evidence-based understanding of frontier AI risks through […]
The Vatican published a document on 28January 2025, titled ‘Antiqua et Nova’ – Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence addressing the anthropological and ethical challenges raised by AI. The document highlights challenges and opportunities of the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of education, economy, work, […]
On 21 December 2023, the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Body launched its Interim Report: Governing AI for Humanity. The report calls for a closer alignment between international norms and how AI is developed and rolled out. The central piece of the report is a proposal to strengthen international governance of AI by carrying […]
Given the push to build AI at ever increasing scale and the risks, this timely report from the AI Now Institute looks at the material costs and why concentration in compute is driving a race to the bottom. As the report explains, computational power, is a core dependency in building large-scale […]
In the day between the U.S President’s Executive Order on AI and the Bletchley Declaration being signed, Singapore’s IMDA and AI Verify Foundation launched the “Generative AI Evaluation Sandbox”, a new initiative to build knowledge and develop new benchmarks and tests for generative AI (GAI) systems. This is part of the effort […]
Two recent examples where reliance was placed on Generative AI generated content have highlighted the risks and the consequences when independent checking and verification are not undertaken. One involved two lawyers in the US where closing submissions referred to Chat GPT generated cases that did not exist, and the other […]
In the past few weeks, there have been media reports pointing out that Zoom’s updated Terms of Service introduced in March, would enable Zoom to use data collected for AI training purposes. Last week, the CEO of Zoom this has led Zoom to announce that it will not use data […]
Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap (ITEC Handbook) by José Roger Flahaux, Brian Patrick Green, and Ann Skeet, offers organisations a strategic plan to enhance ethical management practices, empowering them to navigate the complex landscape of disruptive technologies such as AI, machine learning, encryption, tracking, and others […]
A new report published by the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) aims to help organizations develop and deploy more trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. A Taxonomy of Trustworthiness for Artificial Intelligence: Connecting Properties of Trustworthiness with Risk Management and the AI Lifecycle(opens in a new tab), by Jessica Newman, […]
[Note: InfoGovANZ thanks Craig Bell for permission to republish his article here, which was first published on Ball in Your Court] I recently spent a morning testing ChatGPT’s abilities by giving it exercises and quizzes designed for my law and computer science graduate students. Overall, I was impressed with its […]
The World Economic Forum published Pathways to Digital Justice report to address systemic legal and judicial gaps, and help guide law and policy efforts towards combating data-driven harms. This is particularly important with the increase in online activities and digitization of services, which – when misused – can present new […]
