Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?
News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.
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Notable Quotes
"The breach is obviously unacceptable and OpenAI took way too long to inform Australian officials."
— Anthony Albanese , Politician
"The way the notice arrived bothers me as much as the delay."
— Simon Liu , Executive
"This sort of hack would likely grow in severity and in frequency."
— Dr Hammond Pearce , Academic
"Judge autonomous AI by its behaviour under pressure, not by the promises in a product launch."
— Niusha Shafiabady , Academic
Key People
Anthony Albanese is the Prime Minister of Australia.
Dr Hammond Pearce is a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales Institute for Cyber Security.
Niusha Shafiabady is a professor of computational intelligence at the Australian Catholic University.
Simon Liu is the chief data and AI officer at cyber-security firm TrustDecision.
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News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.
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