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ConstraintCognitive automation2026-02-11
The Australian Psychological Society said psychologists remain solely responsible for all outcomes when using AI and need explicit consent for each specific tool
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Event date / reported
2026-02-11
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Writing the assessment report
Turning test results, history and observation into a written evaluation with recommendations.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Notes, letters and paperwork
Clinical notes, summaries, emails and the forms insurers and services require.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Australia's professional body for psychologists, summarising its AI and emerging technologies practice guidelines. It says psychologists remain solely responsible for all outcomes and AI is an assistant, not a replacement for professional judgement; generic AI disclosures are insufficient and the guidelines require explicit consent for each specific tool and data use; AI outputs are part of the clinical record. A professional body's guidance, not a regulator's rule; the full guidelines are for members and were not read.
What this means
The profession's own rules let AI into the paperwork but keep every outcome on the psychologist's signature.
What it does not yet show
A professional body's guidance for one country; it is not law and does not show practice.
What you can check
Open the APS article "Using AI in psychological practice" and find "solely responsible for all outcomes".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. Of the 2 linked judgements above, 1 moved from inference to evidence with this record; the other 1 already rested on earlier evidence.
Source
Australian Psychological Society — Using AI in psychological practice: How the new APS practice guidelines help psychologists (11 February 2026) · verified 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.