Event
08 October: A Gradient Gathering on AI Ethics
Join us for an evening of gathering around deep questions on the ethics of AI, its implementation, use, and diffusion: what it means for work and society at large.
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Gradient partnering in the Buy Australian AI Partnership
Gradient Institute is proud to be a delivery partner in the Buy Australian AI Partnership, launched yesterday by Assistant Minister Dr Andrew Charlton MP and delivered by Stone & Chalk with the National AI Centre as Principal Sponsor, alongside ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Cuscal Limited, NAB and Westpac as Founding Enterprise Partners.As Dr Charlton put it at the launch:
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Report
New report examines risks and controls for AI agents interacting across organisational boundaries
The Australian AI Safety Institute has released its first publication: a report on the risks of AI agents interacting across organisational boundaries, commissioned from Gradient Institute.
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Resource
Gradient Institute publishes the "Everyday Guide to Using AI Safely"
AI is showing up everywhere, often without us noticing. We've developed a free, plain-English guide to help people use it well, covering everything from spotting AI scams to protecting your privacy, whatever your experience level.Read more ->
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Explainer
The massive change in how software is produced
A couple of years ago, "AI in coding" mostly meant autocomplete: a tool that finished your sentence as you typed, like predictive text for programmers. It was useful, but modest. The human did the engineering while the machine saved keystrokes, as AI researcher Andrej Karpathy described in a famous X post, coding became "tab tab tab" (the keyboard shortcut to accept autocomplete suggestions).
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Gradient Institute 2025 Impact Report
In 2025, Gradient Institute shaped Australiaʼs national AI guidance, contributed to global AI safety science, and helped hundreds of organisations build the capabilities to develop, deploy and use trustworthy AI systems.
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Navigating AI with clarity and discernment
Gradient Institute is an independent nonprofit research organisation helping society understand, steer and respond to AI as it transforms our world. We conduct, distil, and interpret scientific research to bring clarity where decisions are complex, stakes are high, and uncertainty is the norm. Our approach is built on:
Independent research
Rigorous research into AI systems, capabilities and risks, grounded in how they affect people, institutions, and society in practice.
Public-interest insight
Research designed to support policy, governance, and responsible use - with public benefit as the guiding principle.
Practical clarity
Clear, science-based explanations that help decision-makers and the public understand trade-offs, limits, and consequences, so decisions become responsive rather than reactive.
What We Do
We help people build calibrated trust in AI: trust that is proportionate to the evidence. More trust than the evidence warrants creates risk. Less holds back AI’s potential. We provide the research, methods, and frameworks that ground trust in evidence and rigorous analysis, so that AI can be used responsibly, governed effectively, and questioned rigorously.
Rigorous Independent Research
We conduct, distil, and interpret research, including through sponsored research and strategic partnerships, on AI capability, safety, and societal impact. Our work generates new knowledge and insight that helps tackle high-stakes challenges where technical and scientific AI research is essential.
Explore researchAdvisory and Expert Guidance
We partner with governments, organisations, civil society, and communities to bring scientific understanding into important decisions about AI and its applications. We help people understand the terrain, provide assurance, and support thoughtful implementation to achieve intended impacts.
Explore AdvisoryEducation and Capability Building
We help people across government, industry, civil society, and the public build genuine understanding of AI: what it is, what it can and cannot do at any point in time, where it can go wrong, and how to engage with it responsibly. Our programs build skills, discernment, and calibrated trust, so supporting clear-eyed decision-making rather than blind or reluctant adoption.
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Partner with Gradient Institute
We collaborate with governments, research institutions, universities, industry, and civil society on work aligned with our public-interest mission. Our partnerships focus on bringing rigorous research and clear judgment into decisions where AI carries real societal consequences.
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