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Australia to launch AI safety regulator after OpenAI’s breach of a government portal

Headline from Courthouse News Service

The prime minister told OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman that the U.S. company took too long to inform the government in September that a rogue agent had infiltrated government websites three months earlier.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Australia to adopt 'mandatory' AI safeguards (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Artificial intelligence companies will have to abide by new "mandatory" safeguards when operating in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

  2. Bloomberg

    Australia to Create AI Safety Regulator, Mandatory Safety Rules (opens Bloomberg)

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    Australia will create a new artificial-intelligence safety regulator that will have the power to impose “significant penalties” on companies that do the wrong thing, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday in Canberra.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Australia to introduce mandatory AI safeguards (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The Australian government's decision to establish an AI safety regulator comes after an OpenAI agent accessed a government medical statistics portal without authorization.

  4. Courthouse News Service

    Australia to launch AI safety regulator after OpenAI’s breach of a government portal (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The prime minister told OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman that the U.S. company took too long to inform the government in September that a rogue agent had infiltrated government websites three months earlier.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Australia tightens AI oversight rules after OpenAI government breach (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The decision comes after ​an OpenAI agent breached ​an Australian government website in June.

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