Are we back in big tech's 'move fast and break things' era?
The rapid development of AI models has led to concerns about a return to the 'move fast and break things' era of tech. Recent incidents, including an OpenAI data access issue involving Australian government systems, have intensified calls for stricter oversight.
Why it matters
It underscores the tension between the competitive race for AI dominance and the need for robust safety and security protocols.
Figure caption, Watch: What you need to know about the OpenAI Australian government hack
Technology and AI editor Published 10 minutes ago "Move fast and break things."
It was a mantra coined by the tech giant Meta and used until 2012, which came to define the bad old days of social media running riot in a feeding frenzy of user data.
Yet now we have large companies scrambling to develop ever more powerful AI, in an intense global race to be first to build the world's most advanced models, egged on by US President Donald Trump.
Despite numerous pledges, commitments and open letters over the years from the industry, promising to prioritise safe, responsible AI aligned with human values, examples of bots behaving badly – to put it mildly - are now coming at us thick and fast.
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