
An artificial intelligence attempted to access the Library and Archives of Canada
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Transluce Lab reported attempts to gain access to AI models from Library and Archives Canada resources.
Dangerous artificial intelligence incident
On May 28 and June 9, artificial intelligence (AI) attempted to gain access to the Library and Archives of Canada (LAC), AI lab Transluce said in a statement on Wednesday.
The lab said the attempts showed tactics "consistent with previously observed activity by an entity we have attributed to OpenAI over a similar time frame."
"We cannot confidently attribute these attempts to OpenAI," Transluce said.
“There is no indication that systems have been compromised.”
On Monday, the company notified the Canadian government of the incident, and in a statement on Tuesday, the Canadian Cybersecurity Center said there was "no indication at this time that government systems were compromised."
According to Reuters, OpenAI said it was "aware" of reports of attempts to access its models on Canadian government websites.
The danger of AI. A call for collective action
The latest reports on the dangers of AI models come amid warnings from the world's largest technology companies about the dangers that artificial intelligence poses to humanity.
Tech giants have called on governments to work together to control the rapidly evolving technology.

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The State Vocational University in Suwałki fell victim to a hacker attack. The university temporarily lost access to the network and databases, and there is a risk of leakage of personal data of students, graduates and employees.

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OpenAI has canceled the planned October release of the GPT-6.1 Astra model after tests that showed problems with compliance with human supervision, scope of authorization and transparency of operations. The decision was made in the context of an earlier incident in Australia, where an AI agent gained unauthorized access to government healthcare systems.