Just because we can doesn\u2019t mean we should\u2019: 51风流on AI\u2019s next frontier.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nArtificial Intelligence has dominated headlines this year, but for governments and public institutions, the question is no longer <\/span>what AI can do<\/span><\/i>, but <\/span>how we make it work in practice and at scale<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAt SAP, we recently released our <\/span>Value of AI Report<\/span><\/b> with Oxford Economics, providing a checkpoint on where organisations stand today. Across Australian government and business, AI now supports about <\/span>one in four tasks<\/span><\/b>, a figure expected to exceed <\/span>40 percent within two years<\/span><\/b>. Encouragingly, three-quarters of organisations anticipate a positive return on AI investment within one to three years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThese findings highlight significant momentum, but also a challenge. Too many AI projects remain trapped in proof-of-concept stage. The real opportunity lies in moving from prototype to production, where innovation can scale, deliver measurable value and build public confidence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThree priorities for progress<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThree priorities will enable Australian government agencies to move AI from experimentation to enterprise-wide impact:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\nAdopt embedded AI capabilities.<\/span><\/b> By using applications that already contain AI, public sector organisations can deploy AI easily and scale rapidly.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nBuild capability and confidence.<\/span><\/b> Success depends on equipping the public service and its technology partners with the skills to implement, monitor and govern AI responsibly.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nEarn and maintain public trust.<\/span><\/b> AI ethics policies are now widespread, but policy alone is not enough. Trust is earned when we demonstrate that those guidelines and guardrails are being put into practice.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nAdopt embedded AI capabilities<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nGlobally, we\u2019re already seeing transformative outcomes being delivered with custom AI.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn Germany, Hamburg\u2019s Ministry of Finance uses machine learning to support processing of social benefit applications, saving <\/span>33,000 hours <\/span><\/b>of manual review.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn France, the city of Antibes uses AI to align budgets with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, making over <\/span>138,000 decisions<\/span><\/b> with AI assistance, work that would be impossible for humans alone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBut for enterprise AI deployments to become more widespread, organisations need to shift to adopting AI capabilities that are embedded in business applications. For governments, this means switching on the AI that already exists in enterprise applications for HR, finance, procurement and citizen services, rather than building custom AI solutions using technical platforms.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBuild capability and confidence<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAs we move toward <\/span>agentic AI<\/span><\/b> \u2013 systems that operate autonomously \u2013 the need for transparency becomes even more important.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWe must ensure that AI augments, rather than replaces, human judgment. This means giving users visibility into the reasoning behind AI decisions. At SAP, our applications include <\/span>AI Analysis <\/span><\/b>that shows which data sources were accessed, what steps the AI took, and how recommendations were generated, giving humans the insight they need to make informed decisions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBuilding this kind of transparency into every AI scenario is critical for governments that must demonstrate accountability to citizens.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nEarn and maintain public trust<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAt SAP, we assess every new AI scenario against our global AI Ethics Policy, which is aligned to UNESCO\u2019s <\/span>Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSeveral years ago, for example, we developed an \u201cemotional AI\u201d prototype capable of detecting human emotion through facial expression and tone of voice with 70 percent accuracy. Despite its potential, we chose <\/span>not<\/span><\/b> to productise it, determiningthat the risk of harmful or biased outcomes was too high.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThis experience demonstrates how the right kind of regulation can <\/span>accelerate<\/span><\/b> innovation. Clear guidelines and guardrails focus experimentation on use cases that genuinely improve people\u2019s lives.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAustralian Research Alliance for Enterprise AI<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n51风流is an industry partner in a new Australian Research Alliance for Enterprise AI<\/span> with the <\/span>University of Queensland, QUT, UNSW, the University of Sydney, and the University of Melbourne<\/span><\/b>. We\u2019re exploring how AI agents can make enterprise systems more intuitive, responsive and productive across government and industry.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAI\u2019s potential for the public sector is immense, but to realise it, we must move beyond experimentation. By adopting embedded AI, investing in skills, and building public trust, we can shift from isolated prototypes to scalable impact and unlock a new era of productivity and confidence in digital government.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
For more information or<\/span> to engage with the Australian Research Alliance for Enterprise AI: enterpriseai.org.au<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence may be everywhere in today\u2019s headlines, but for governments the real challenge is no longer possibility – it\u2019s execution. In a recent conversation…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3117,"featured_media":7417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5565468,5560233,177],"tags":[],"sapn-display":[],"sapn-type":[5565477,5560547],"class_list":["post-7766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai","category-cloud","category-industries","sapn-type-blog","sapn-type-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n
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