We are accountable for safe, responsible and transparent applications of AI

• We comply with all relevant legislative and policy frameworks, including privacy, copyright and intellectual and cultural property.
• We honestly and openly acknowledge our use of AI to ensure academic and professional integrity.
• We are cybersecure, optimising our systems for safety, reliability and value.
• We recognise the significant environmental and financial impacts of AI and are committed to ensuring our technology eco-system remains sustainable for the future.

What this means in context

Personal, professional and academic practice

• Staff and students have awareness of and leverage, Deakin endorsed tools.
• Staff and students engage in cybersafe practices to protect data and privacy.
• Staff and students understand and act within their compliance obligations.
• Staff and students act with integrity, when appropriate acknowledging AI use.
• Staff and students consider impacts of technology on environmental sustainability.

Knowledge creation and sharing

• Deakin-designed systems comply with all relevant legislation.
• Deakin-designed systems safeguard privacy and copyright, intellectual and cultural property rights.
• Deakin is upfront about limitations and biases of Deakin-designed technologies.
• Deakin-designed AI systems seek to reduce environmental impacts by design.
• Deakin-designed systems ensure democratisation of AI technologies through open practices.

Institutional leadership and governance

• Deakin establishes clear institution-wide AI governance.
• Deakin provides a safe space for staff and students to experiment.
• Deakin provides local and vendor systems that comply with relevant legislation, policy and our values.
• Deakin works with vendors who demonstrate a commitment to openness and transparency.
• Deakin negotiates with vendors to ensure fair and reasonable value and remains financially sustainable.

Questions to ask

• What legislation, policy and legal obligations do I need to comply with?
• Is AI the best tool for this task?
• How should I acknowledge my use in this context?
• Is there an endorsed tool that meets my need?