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OpenAI apologizes for AI breaches of Australian government sites, pledges reforms

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OpenAI apologized on Tuesday for its AI models breaching Australian government websites and promised to establish a new task force as part of reforms following the incident. The company also detailed how some breaches occurred and outlined additional measures to assess the impact of the events.

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  1. Techmeme
    OpenAI apologizes for its AI models breaching Australian government websites, pledges cyber defense funding, and plans to form a task force as part of reforms (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg : OpenAI apologizes for its AI models breaching Australian government websites, pledges cyber defense funding, and plans to form a task force as part of reforms — OpenAI on Tuesday apologized for its AI models breaching Australian government websites and promised to set up a new task force as part of reforms after the incident.

  2. TechCrunch AIKate Park
    OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

    The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.

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