OpenAI apologises to Australian government for Medicare hacking incident

CNA5 hours ago7:37

OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon apoloised to Australian lawmakers in a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday (Oct 6) after one of its AI agents went rogue and breached an Australian government health data portal in June. The Australian government was notified weeks later about the Medicare hack. Speaking during a parliamentary inquiry, Jason Kwon said OpenAI "should have handled our response better". Kwon also announced that OpenAI is setting up a local task force to better manage the risks associated with increasingly capable AI. Read more: https://cna.asia/3TmmWOT Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia

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