The Australian Electoral Commission’s successes are due to generative AI

The Australian Electoral Commission’s successes are due to generative AI

By @iTnews_au
Publication Date: 2026-01-08 19:28:00

The Australian Electoral Commission will deliver a draft strategy and roadmap to accelerate the adoption of generative AI by mid-June.




According to the tender documents, the Commission will outsource the work, including a “business case setting out the investments required to implement the roadmap”.

The designs will take up to 16 weeks to develop, meaning the company should have a documented idea of ​​how it plans to move forward with the technology by mid-2026.

It is not clear whether the AEC has undertaken any internal scoping work to inform the strategy and roadmap, which could be used as…