It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning that AI should be ‘shaped through democratic processes’ rang hollow after it was revealed a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked Australia’s Medicare data. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersView image in fullscreenOpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning that AI should be ‘shaped through democratic processes’ rang hollow after it was revealed a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked Australia’s Medicare data. It’s incredible the email wasn’t mistaken for spam.Wholly inadequate to the point of recklessness, the company’s actions show contempt for the Australian government and its citizens, whose healthcare data had been stolen.
- ▪OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning that AI should be ‘shaped through democratic processes’ rang hollow after it was revealed a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked Australia’s Medicare data.
- ▪Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersView image in fullscreenOpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning that AI should be ‘shaped through democratic processes’ rang hollow after it was revealed a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked Australia’s Medicare data.
- ▪It’s incredible the email wasn’t mistaken for spam.Wholly inadequate to the point of recklessness, the company’s actions show contempt for the Australian government and its citizens, whose healthcare data had been stolen.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning that AI should be ‘shaped through democratic processes’ rang hollow after it was revealed a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked Australia’s Medicare data. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersView image in fullscreenOpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning that AI should be ‘shaped through democratic processes’ rang hollow after it was revealed a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked Australia’s Medicare data. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersAI (artificial intelligence)It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doomTom McIlroy Political editorOpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Fri 25…
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