Developing, procuring and applying AI in the enterprise is complex

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The EU AI Act

As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure better conditions for the development and use of this innovative technology. AI can create many benefits, such as better healthcare; safer and cleaner transport; more efficient manufacturing; and cheaper and more sustainable energy

Move through complexity with clarity

Recent breakthroughs in research and development and a rapid uptick in global investment for Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) have the potential to accelerate transformations in the way we work, produce information and interact with technology. Across virtually every industry, AI is being used to unlock new products and services, to deliver more operational efficiency, to create a better experience for customers and employees, and to streamline quality, compliance and risk management.

To unlock these opportunities at-scale, your organisation needs to be equipped to develop, procure and apply AI swiftly yet safely, and your customers, employees, investors and regulators must be willing to trust the AI systems that you use.

The challenge?

7 in 10

Australian businesses are investing in new and emerging technologies, including AI.
Source: PwC, 2023

Less than

1 in 20

Australian businesses rate themselves as 'mature' in navigating the risks of AI.
Source: Fifth Quadrant, 2022

Only

1 in 2

Employees feel positively about the impact that AI could have on their career.
Source: PwC, 2023

Australia’s $315 billion+ opportunity

AI in the enterprise is here, and the ‘size of the prize’ is bigger than ever. A 2018 report commissioned by the CSIRO projected $315 billion in added economic value in Australia by 2028 - a figure that’s likely far higher today. At PwC we’re investing over $1 billion globally to expand and scale our AI capabilities, including the services, training and technology that we offer to clients, to apply AI safely and responsibly, at-scale.

Join us in harnessing the power of AI for a brighter, more intelligent future.

Accelerate responsibly.

Your roadmap for navigating the risks and harnessing the opportunities of AI in the enterprise.

Understand

Assess, diagnose and comprehend. Most organisations aren’t starting from zero. In order to take the next step, you need to first understand your baseline. We bring you the training programs that you need for establishing a base level of literacy and awareness of AI — from the Board to the workforce — and diagnostic toolkits that give you clarity on how you’re applying AI systems today, how effectively the risks are being managed, and how ready the organisation is to respond to the emerging opportunities and risks.

Rapid response toolkit

Respond to the demand and demonstrate rapid progress with position statements, communication guides, initial guardrails, business cases and project plans for AI, tailored and adapted for you by our subject matter experts.

AI literacy and upskilling

Empower your Board, Executives and workforce with the AI training and upskilling they need to make informed decisions, identify the opportunities and understand the risks of modern AI, tailored to your industry and business.

Risk and readiness diagnostic

Our comprehensive AI readiness diagnostic helps you understand your organisation’s baseline for AI transformation, including your ability to respond to new opportunities and risks, and key gaps or weaknesses.

Establish

Strategise, plan and mobilise. The opportunities for AI in the enterprise span almost as broad as the imagination. With limited time and resources, you need to point your efforts towards the areas that will deliver the greatest impact and you need to establish the right people, process and technology ‘infrastructure’ to innovate safely and responsibly. We help you create the solid foundations that you need to move swiftly yet safely - from policy through to practice, and strategy through to execution.

Strategy and roadmap

Understand and align on your AI strategic drivers, competitive landscape, case for change and priorities with a tailored strategic plan and roadmap for accelerating AI transformation in your business.

Governance frameworks

Create or evolve your AI and model governance frameworks to address new and emerging risks and best practice. We bring ready-to-go policy packs, aligned to global best practices, and tailor and calibrate them to your organisation’s priorities and risk appetite.

Trusted sandbox environments

Democratise access to Generative AI across your organisation and fuel citizen-led innovation safely and responsibly with PwC’s AI trust middleware - configured in alignment with your governance framework and risk appetite.

Accelerate

Experiment, scale and deliver. Produce real, tangible business benefits from the AI systems that you develop and procure. We mobilise teams of AI, data, cloud and software engineers to help you accelerate your ideation, exploration and prototyping, support you with scaling and industrialising successful prototypes and monitoring their efficacy and safety in production with our award-winning Responsible AI toolkit.

Value discovery

Accelerate the identification of opportunities for AI transformation, aligned to your key business drivers, by leveraging PwC’s library of AI (including Generative AI) use cases, discovery and prioritisation frameworks and deep industry expertise.

Value enablement

Rapid co-design and delivery of 'proof of value' within your environment, leveraging your data and technology investments to showcase the art of possible with AI and Generative AI by drawing upon our AI accelerators, assets and expertise to optimise time to outcomes.

Industrialisation

Embed and scale AI capabilities within your existing platforms, processes and applications, together with the Responsible AI services and processes that you need for AI safety, privacy, security and trust.

Assure

Conform, confirm and affirm. Provide the trust and transparency in AI that your stakeholders expect with reviews and assessments of your AI governance frameworks, platforms, models and use cases. We bring you deep knowledge and expertise in the global AI regulatory and standards landscape, experts in AI model validation and specialists in risk and controls assurance to give you, your customers and your stakeholders confidence in the AI systems that you develop, procure and apply.

Regulatory compliance

Point-in-time or ongoing monitoring of your organisation’s AI and automated decision-making regulatory landscape, providing you with the confidence that you can meet your future obligations, whilst demonstrating compliance with your current ones.

Risk and controls assurance

Delivering confidence to a range of stakeholders, including boards, management, customers, shareholders and regulators, that the controls you have in place for an AI system are designed and operating effectively.

Model assessments and validation

Risk-based verification and testing of AI systems to confirm whether your model(s) are sufficiently valid, reliable, safe, secure, resilient, transparent, explainable, interpretable, fair and compliant.

Implementation and go-live readiness reviews

Point-in-time reviews and health checks throughout the design and development and procurement of AI systems to give project sponsors and business leaders the confidence and clarity they need to make informed decisions.

Internal Audit

We will combine our modern internal audit methodology, technologies, industry knowledge and AI subject matter expertise to support and provide your Internal Audit function with the confidence and skill set to tackle the emerging risks of AI.

We’re recognised globally as leaders in AI

Ranked Leader for Data & Analytics Services, Gartner, 2022

World Changing Idea, Responsible AI Toolkit, FastCompany, 2020

Outstanding achievement in Enterprise, Adoption of AI and AI Ethics, CogX, 2020

Ranked Leader for AI Consulting in The Forrester Wave, 2022

How ready is your organisation?

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Wherever you are, we'll start there. Together

No matter where you are in your AI journey, we’re here to help, hand in hand. With over 20 years of experience as a leader in technology and data governance, coupled with deep expertise in cloud and digital technologies, and a diverse global ecosystem of alliances, we’ve assembled the blend of skills and experience that you need to accelerate responsibly.

Jahanzeb Azim

Partner, Generative AI & Sustainability Lead, Melbourne, PwC Australia

Developing, procuring and applying AI in the enterprise is complex

Move through complexity with clarity

Australia’s $315 billion+ opportunity

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Accelerate responsibly.

Understand

Rapid response toolkit

AI literacy and upskilling

Risk and readiness diagnostic

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Establish

Strategy and roadmap

Governance frameworks

Trusted sandbox environments

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Accelerate

Value discovery

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Industrialisation

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Assure

Regulatory compliance

Risk and controls assurance

Model assessments and validation

Implementation and go-live readiness reviews

Internal Audit

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We’re recognised globally as leaders in AI

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