A former public servant is blowing the whistle on the federal government’s handling of data.

Samuel Spencer says it is not good enough that Commonwealth Departments are using Microsoft Excel to administer $1.2 trillion budget documents, COMCAR bookings, and data collection for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The CEO of Aristotle Metadata, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, joins The Issue podcast this week to discuss the recent OpenAI hack of a Medicare statistics portal, planned Australian AI standards and even has advice for ordinary Aussies on their use of AI.

A former public servant is blowing the whistle on the federal government&rsquo;s handling of data. Samuel Spencer says it is not good enough that Commonwealth Departments are using Microsoft Excel to administer $1.2 trillion budget documents, COMCAR bookings, and data collection for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
The CEO of Aristotle Metadata, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, joins The Issue podcast this week to discuss the recent OpenAI hack of a Medicare statistics portal, planned Australian AI standards and even has advice for ordinary Aussies on their use of AI.

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