How Australia’s national security chief used AI to write speeches and “staff communications.”

Internal documents reveal Australia’s top national security bureaucrat used an AI chatbot to write speeches and messages to his colleagues.

As Finance Minister Katy Gallagher announces a significant government-wide AI plan to advance its use in public services, Crikey has used freedom of information (FOI) laws to reveal how a government employee is already using emerging generative AI technology in his work.

Hamish Hansford is Head of National Security at the Home Office, Commonwealth Counter Terrorism Coordinator and National Counter Foreign Interference Coordinator.