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About SafeAI-Aus

Mission & Purpose

Mission:
To enable safe, ethical, and growth-oriented AI adoption in Australian businesses through open standards, practical tools, and collaborative knowledge-sharing.

Purpose:
SafeAI-Aus is a community-led, open-source body of knowledge designed to help Australian businesses embed, integrate, and scale AI in ways that are responsible, secure, and compliant - while driving national productivity and economic growth.

What We Do

SafeAI-Aus is an open-source, community-driven initiative focused on AI risk, safety, and growth in the Australian context.

We provide practical tools, resources, and guidelines to help businesses of all sizes adopt AI responsibly, safeguard privacy and intellectual property, and align with both Australian and global best practices.

We strongly believe in the importance of open-source knowledge that is accessible and available for implementation by business.

By combining responsible innovation with a pro-business approach, SafeAI-Aus aims to boost productivity, strengthen competitiveness, and position Australia as a leader in ethical AI adoption.

Core Values

  1. Safety & Responsibility – Ensure AI is developed and deployed in ways that protect people, organisations, and the broader community.
  2. Transparency & Accountability – Foster trust through openness in AI systems, decisions, and governance.
  3. Privacy & IP Security – Protect personal data, business intellectual property, and commercially sensitive information.
  4. Collaboration & Openness – Encourage knowledge-sharing, co-creation, and the use of open-source tools and frameworks.
  5. Innovation for Growth – Support AI adoption that drives productivity, competitiveness, and economic benefit.
  6. Alignment with Standards – Promote compliance with Australian regulations and alignment with leading global AI safety frameworks.

Attribution & Licence

CC BY 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

Why CC BY 4.0?

SafeAI-Aus has adopted the CC BY 4.0 licence to maximise accessibility, reuse, and impact of our resources. This licence allows anyone to:

  • Use the content freely, including for commercial purposes.
  • Adapt and build upon the content to suit specific business or community needs.
  • Share the material in any format.

The only requirement is attribution — recognising SafeAI-Aus as the source and linking back to this site.

This choice reflects our commitment to:

  • Openness and collaboration – encouraging businesses, researchers, and policymakers to reuse and improve on our work.
  • Practical adoption – removing barriers to use, even in commercial contexts, so that safe AI practices spread quickly and effectively.
  • Credibility and trust – ensuring attribution helps maintain a clear chain of custody and authenticity for shared knowledge.

Attribution Example:

Content from SafeAI-Aus, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Adapted from the original at https://github.com/safeai-aus/safeai-aus.github.io.