Safe and Responsible AI

We are an independent, nonprofit research institute that works to build safety, ethics, accountability and transparency into AI systems: developing new algorithms, training organisations operating AI systems and providing technical guidance for AI policy development.

Australian AI Safety Forum 2024

18 November 2024

On 7-8 November 2024 the inaugural Australian AI Safety Forum 2024 was held at the Sydney Knowledge Hub at the University of Sydney, bringing together researchers, policymakers, and industry...

Australian Government releases mandatory AI guardrails paper and voluntary AI safety standard

5 September 2024

The Australian Government has released two key documents aimed at promoting safe and responsible AI in Australia, with Gradient Institute contributing expertise to their development.

Alberto Chierici and Liam Carroll join Gradient Institute team

27 August 2024

Gradient Institute is delighted to welcome Alberto and Liam to the team!

National framework for the assurance of AI in government

21 June 2024

The Australian Government's new AI framework draws on key contributions from Gradient Institute.

Bill Simpson-Young presents to Senate committee

10 May 2024

Gradient Institute CEO Bill Simpson-Young presented to the Australian Senate's Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) in May 2024.

Bill Simpson-Young appointed to AI Expert Group.

14 February 2024

Bill Simpson-Young, Chief Executive of Gradient Institute, has been appointed to the federal government’s temporary AI Expert Group.

Cartoon of an AI's robot hands pulling the strings of a human mannequin

Investigating Manipulative Applications of Generative AI

8 December 2023

With support from the Minderoo Foundation, Gradient Institute is exploring how bad actors could leverage the latest pre-trained language models for personalised persuasion and manipulation.

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Gradient Institute Receives Donation from Cadent for AI Safety Research

9 November 2023

Gradient Institute has received a donation from Cadent, an ethical technology studio, to develop research on technical AI Safety.

Gradient Institute policy recommendations for the AI Safety Summit

27 October 2023

Gradient Institute has prepared a policy paper offering recommendations for the AI Safety Summit, which is to be hosted by the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the 1st and 2nd of November.

Telstra Foundation supports Gradient Institute research towards safer mental health chatbots

16 August 2023

Telstra Foundation, through its Young & Connected Fund, has provided Gradient Institute with a seed grant to work towards the safe and effective use of AI and Large Language Models (LLM) in mental...