UTS Human Technology Institute report reviews three years of its AI corporate governance program in Australia

The Human Technology Institute (HTI) at the University of Technology Sydney announced on 19 August 2025 that it has released a report looking back on three years of its AI Corporate Governance Program, known as the AICGP. The report is titled Awareness to Action: Advancing AI Corporate Governance and sets out what the program has accomplished, what it has learned and how it intends to proceed.

The institute frames the report against Australian organisations rushing to adopt new forms of AI. It cites a KPMG study led by Nicole Gillespie of Melbourne University, which found that just 30% of Australians consider present safeguards adequate, while 71% back co-regulation by government and industry for advanced AI. The program began in September 2022 with backing from the philanthropic partner Minderoo Foundation.

Among the achievements listed are a set of governance resources for company directors produced with the Australian Institute of Company Directors, which has 52,000 members and recorded 8,000 downloads in the first week. The program also issued Lighthouse Case Studies on Telstra, KPMG and UTS, ran more than 15 workshops with over 200 leaders from industry and government, staged two symposiums, and carried out award-winning research on how AI and automation affect workers, called Invisible Bystanders, with Essential Media.

Minderoo Foundation has renewed its support, so the AICGP will run until 2027. Its focus will be advocacy, practical tools, engagement with regulators, and work aimed at financial services and not-for-profit organisations. Additional funding will also support a Responsibility Technology Program examining the laws needed to counter harmful AI use, how regulators use their powers against high-risk AI, and building AI capability among regulators and public interest lawyers.