Build the safety frameworks, board oversight structures, and technical controls your organisation needs to adopt AI safely. Aligned to Australia's Office of AI, the AI Ethics Framework, and the expectations of regulators, boards, and the public. Vendor-independent. Governance-first.
The Australian Government's Office of AI, established under the Prime Minister, leads Australia's national approach to AI safety. Australia's voluntary AI Ethics Framework — covering human welfare, fairness, privacy, reliability, transparency, contestability, and accountability — sets baseline expectations for responsible AI deployment. Sector regulators including APRA, ASIC, and the OAIC are progressively incorporating AI safety requirements into their existing frameworks.
Design an AI safety framework aligned to Australia's AI Ethics Framework, the Office of AI guidance, and your sector-specific regulatory context. Covers safety risk assessment, control design, incident response, and the board reporting structures needed for meaningful oversight. Built on the APIG governance model — not a generic template.
Independent AI safety briefings for boards and audit committees. Gives directors the structured, independent information they need to exercise meaningful accountability for AI safety — covering safety posture, risk exposure, and controls for high-stakes AI use cases.
Most organisations do not build AI — they use it through commercial tools, SaaS platforms, and vendor relationships. Safety frameworks must cover third-party AI in use, not just AI developed internally. We design vendor AI assessment frameworks, approved-use conditions, and incident escalation protocols for AI that operates outside your direct control.
For AI safety, APIG ensures that safety controls are connected to the real workflows where AI is deployed — so that safety frameworks reflect how AI is actually used, not just how it was originally intended to be used.
AI safety is the discipline concerned with ensuring that AI systems behave as intended, remain under appropriate human control, and do not produce harmful outcomes. At the organisational level, it encompasses the policies, controls, testing practices, and governance structures that keep AI within acceptable boundaries and preserve meaningful human oversight over consequential AI decisions.
The Office of AI is an Australian Government body established under the Prime Minister to lead Australia's strategic approach to artificial intelligence. It coordinates AI policy across government, provides advice on AI regulation, and works to position Australia as a responsible AI adopter at the international level.
AI governance covers policies, accountability structures, and oversight mechanisms for managing AI across its lifecycle. AI safety specifically concerns preventing harmful outcomes — model failures, misuse, bias, and loss of human control. Good governance is a precondition for safety, but safety also requires technical controls, testing, and incident response that governance frameworks alone do not cover.
No. Safety obligations attach to AI in use, not just AI built internally. Third-party AI in commercial software, SaaS platforms, and vendor tools creates the same safety considerations. Safety frameworks need to cover AI in use across the organisation, not just AI developed in-house.