AI Agency Toolkit
Expanding AI Sovereignty to AI Agency
Expanding AI Sovereignty to AI Agency
AI is reshaping global power, prosperity and security, but debates about AI sovereignty are often binary, conflated, lacking evidence and disconnected from the complex trade-offs leaders face.
TPDi’s AI Agency Toolkit provides an evidence-based and practical solution.
The AI Agency Tool is a structured and repeatable method to assess a nation’s AI maturity, sovereignty and agency across 103 AI capabilities, producing prioritised recommended actions.
This Toolkit is your complete guide to AI Agency. Explore the digital Tool and run your own simulations, watch our how-to videos, dive into Australia’s 2025 AI Agency Assessment, and discover the research and methodology behind the Tool.
Explore TPDi’s AI Agency Toolkit with Zoe Hawkins and learn how to navigate Australia’s AI capabilities across 103 capabilities and six ecosystem layers. This video introduces Australia’s National AI Agency Assessment and shows how to use the simulation function to test different scenarios and explore how changes in AI maturity could shape Australia’s overall AI agency.
Explore the Toolkit
Explore the digital AI Agency Tool, navigate Australia’s 2025 AI Agency Assessment and simulate changes to see how different inputs shape the results.
EXPLORE THE DIGITAL TOOL AI Agency Tool ExplainerExplore what the Tool is, why AI agency matters, and how policymakers, business leaders and researchers can use the Tool to support their work.
LEARN ABOUT THE TOOL AI Agency ReportExplore the research and methodology behind the AI Agency Tool, including how TPDi assesses AI maturity, sovereignty and agency across 103 AI capabilities.
READ THE REPORT + METHODOLOGY Australia’s 2025 AI Agency AssessmentExplore Australia’s 2025 AI Agency Assessment, including its capabilities, strengths and dependencies, and see how they align with the Government’s 2025 National AI Plan.
READ THE ASSESSMENT Sovereignty EnduresLearn how the AI Agency Tool emphasises the importance of pursuing both Indigenous Sovereignty and AI agency in parallel, as well as how AI Agency expands the concept of AI sovereignty.
LEARN MORE ConsultationsExplore how consultation with more than 250 experts across Australia helped inform and refine the AI Agency Tool.
EXPLORE THE CONSULTATIONS AcknowledgementsLearn about the authors, peer reviewers, consultation participants and supporters whose expertise helped shape the AI Agency Tool and Australia’s 2025 AI Agency Assessment.
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