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Capability 4.3.2.3

Trust & Confidence in Public Interest Sector

Definition

Public confidence that academic, not-for-profit and media institutions use AI in ways that are transparent, fit for purpose, safe, reliable, easy to use, convenient and accessible, and trust in those institutions to deploy AI independently, responsibly and in the public interest.

Examples

  • ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)
  • AICD AI Governance. Checklist for SME and not-for-profit directors

Indicators

  • Number of AI-focused academic or civil society institutions
  • Number of independent AI audits, investigations, reports from NGOs, academia or media
  • Public trust perception surveys

National AI Plan

PLAN COMMITMENT

Limited commitment

See 4.2.4.1 (Civil Society Adoption) and 4.2.3.2 (Research & Academia Adoption). But no specific initiatives to increase public trust in public interest AI deployment, despite the strong narrative focus. Limited commitment by government is a missed opportunity to engage with the public interest sector to increase domestic maturity in a globally scarce capability with high public interest value.

Stocktake

Is the Stocktake missing evidence?

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