NEW AI TECHNICAL STANDARDS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

On July 31, 2025, the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) released the Technical Standard for Government's Use of Artificial Intelligence.

The new standard guides Australian government agencies on safe, responsible AI deployment, covering the entire system lifecycle to ensure transparency and accountability. 

The complete Technical Standards span over 100 pages, consisting of 42 Statements describing "what" needs to be done and 148 implementation criteria to "satisfy the statements and meet the standard.

At this time, these three organisation types are required to comply with these new Standards:

1. the Australian Public Service (APS)

2. Suppliers and Contractors: Any organisation that provides AI products, managed services, or consultancy services to the APS

3. Vendors of COTS Solutions: When suppliers provide Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) models that are customised or fine-tuned for APS use

For everyone else, and most importantly, the DTA's standard outlines best practice for the end-to-end design, development, deployment, and use of AI systems.

What should you be doing?

Firstly, start getting familiar with the new Australian Ai standards. There is a link below.

Secondly, you may wish to formalise your Ai governance approach if:

- AI governance is moving from aspirational to mandatory in your organisation, or

- Recent public AI failures have made you question whether your current governance approach is adequate

How we help?

Our practical governance training program provides detailed implementation guidance for each Technical Standard statement, structured around the complete AI lifecycle from investment decisions through to system retirement. 

Contact us to learn more about how we help implement safe and responsible Ai governance practices by emailing us at info@aigovernancepartners.com.au or calling 1300 69 70 40.

PS This post was written by a human. ;-)