Anthropic tells Australia it's open to laws requiring reporting of AI agent hacks
Anthropic executives told an Australian parliamentary inquiry that they are open to new laws requiring AI companies to disclose data breaches. The company also addressed concerns regarding AI agent security and requested that Australia relax copyright laws to facilitate model training.
Why it matters
As governments worldwide rush to regulate AI, this stance highlights the tension between tech companies seeking regulatory clarity and the need for public accountability regarding AI-driven security risks.
Anthropic does not believe its products have breached Australian government systems but would be open to Australian laws requiring AI companies to disclose data breaches, company executives told an Australian parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday.
Their statements come weeks after rival OpenAI disclosed one of its agents broke into the country’s main health portal and as the companies wait for approval for massive data centres planned in Sydney and regional Queensland.
Anthropic, creator of AI chatbot Claude, and ChatGPT maker OpenAI also want Australia to relax its copyright laws so they can use local content to train models.
Australia, which is readying AI-specific laws that will take effect next year, rebuked OpenAI in September after the US tech firm notified it of a breach of the Medicare portal some three months earlier.
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