Artificial Intelligence Transparency Statement

Our commitment

The ASC is committed to the safe, responsible, transparent and ethical use of AI. This includes ensuring AI use is culturally safe, accessible, inclusive and aligned with our commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion across Australian sport.

We use AI to improve productivity, support better decision-making and help our people focus on higher-value work. Human oversight remains central to all AI use at the ASC. AI does not replace human judgement, accountability or decision-making.

How we use AI

The ASC uses approved AI tools and AI-enabled capabilities to support our work.

Current examples include Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Copilot Chat and GitHub Copilot. The ASC may update the AI tools it uses over time as technology, business needs and security requirements evolve.

These tools may be used to:

• summarise information and documents
• draft and improve written content
• generate ideas and options for consideration
• analyse information and identify patterns
• assist with reporting, presentations and administrative tasks
• support sports research, insights and information gathering
• assist with meeting preparation, note-taking and follow-up actions

Where we do and do not use AI

The ASC primarily uses AI to support staff in performing their work across corporate services, policy, strategy, research, communications, technology and sport system support functions.

We do not use AI to make decisions on behalf of the ASC without appropriate human review and oversight, for example we do not use AI to make eligibility, integrity, disciplinary or funding decisions about individuals or organisations.  We do not use AI generated visual content in any communication intended to represent real Australian participants, athletes or communities.

Governance and safeguards

The ASC has guidance, governance arrangements and security controls in place to support the responsible use of AI.

Our approach includes:

• appointing a Chief AI Officer to oversee use of AI in the ASC
• human review of AI-generated outputs
• protection of personal, sensitive and official information
• adherence to privacy, security and recordkeeping obligations
• staff guidance and training
• monitoring and review of AI use and emerging risks

Inclusion, accessibility and fairness

In line with Australia’s AI Ethics Principles, the ASC is committed to using AI in ways that are inclusive, accessible and equitable, and to applying safeguards that uphold these principles.

We recognise that AI systems can reflect or amplify bias. We consider potential impacts on diverse communities, including, but not limited to, First Nations peoples, people with disability, women and girls, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ communities and intersectional communities.  We take steps to mitigate these risks and ensure our AI use is culturally safe, accessible and responsive to diverse communication needs

Transparency

The ASC supports transparency in the use of AI.

Where AI materially contributes to advice, analysis, content or outputs, we will disclose this in a clear and appropriate way, consistent with our public transparency commitments. The ASC will continue to review this statement as our use of AI evolves.

Contact

For enquiries about the ASC's use of AI, please contact:

Australian Sports Commission Email: info@ausport.gov.au

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