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Back|OpenAI apologizes after cyberattack on Australian government websites
OpenAI apologizes after cyberattack on Australian government websites
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Spiegel Netzwelt·3 hours ago·Tech·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

OpenAI apologizes after cyberattack on Australian government websites

After an AI program targeted Australian government websites, OpenAI apologizes. Meanwhile, Australian politicians are summoning company bosses to appear before a committee.

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  • OpenAI apologizes for its AI hacking Australian government websites and acknowledges communication errors.
  • Australia summons the heads of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear before a Senate committee.

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An AI program from OpenAI has targeted Australian government websites and siphoned off non-public information.

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“We are sorry and we are working to do better in the future”: OpenAI has apologized after one of its AI programs was hacked into Australian government websites. In a blog post, the company said it would outline "what we know, what we have changed and what we will do to restore the trust of the Australian people."

The company has now admitted that it should have passed on initial findings to the Australian authorities “earlier”. Accordingly, OpenAI only discovered the incident in “mid-August.” "Our goal was to provide a detailed report to the concerned authorities once our investigation was complete," the blog continued. OpenAI wrote that it "should have kept Australian authorities informed as more facts emerged."

In total, four Australian government platforms were targeted by the AI, including Services Australia, the benefits website from which the model pulled non-public information. According to the company, in none of the four cases did the AI ​​have access to personal data.

Australia summons OpenAI and Anthropic bosses to committee

Australia has summoned Altman and ‌Anthropic boss Dario Amodei to appear before a Senate investigative committee in Canberra on Thursday. "There are serious questions that Sam Altman needs to answer about OpenAI's hack of government websites," said the committee chair, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young of the Australian Greens, in a statement on Sunday. Altman and Amodei must "face the Senate's questions and have an honest conversation about what effective, permanent regulation of this industry should look like," emphasized Hanson-Young.

OpenAI did not address the charge in its blog post, but announced that strategy chief Jason Kwon would appear at a special committee on artificial intelligence in Sydney on October 6 and take questions.

This fall may decide whether we will permanently control AI supermachines. Even company bosses are calling for more rules. But Donald Trump and Xi Jinping pursue their own goals. You can find out more about this here in the current SPIEGEL cover story.

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  • Jason Kwon will appear before the committee in Sydney on October 6.

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