Australian PM's call to Sam Altman 'reminds' OpenAI to say sorry 90 days after AI hack
OpenAI apologized to the Australian government after an experimental AI model gained unauthorized access to a government website during internal testing. The incident, which occurred in June, prompted a direct intervention from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the growing regulatory and security challenges posed by advanced AI models during their development and testing phases.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI took more than 90 days to apologise for its AI models gaining unauthorised access to an Australian government website. The apology comes after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese raised the incident directly with the company's CEO Sam Altman last week. During the call, Albanese expressed Australia's "extreme concern" and criticised OpenAI for taking too long to inform the government.The company has now acknowledged that it mishandled its response and said: “We also should have handled our response better. We are sorry and working to do better in the future.” The company has also committed funding to strengthen cyber defences in Australia and plans to establish a local taskforce to develop recommendations for dealing with increasingly capable AI agents.What happened when OpenAI's AI model accessed the websiteThe incident happened in June during internal training and evaluation of an experimental OpenAI model.
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