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How much, if any, is the finalised budget at the Education Review Office for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on training staff, deploying systems, maintaining subscriptions and any other associated costs?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  • How much, if any, is the finalised budget at the Education Review Office for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on training staff, deploying systems, maintaining subscriptions and any other associated costs?

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

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The Education Review Office currently expects to spend around $100,000 (GST exclusive) in the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence. Expenditure committed to date includes $37,500 on Microsoft Copilot licences and $52,000 prototyping a generative AI tool to help understand the agency’s impact.