Australia to introduce mandatory reporting after OpenAI hack to combat artificial intelligence ‘going rogue’

Government flags criminal law changes to ensure companies can’t argue in future ‘that someone didn’t know the computer was loaded’Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastOpenAI will not face criminal penalties over the Medicare data breach, but the prime minister has flagged changes to Australia’s criminal law to crack down on future breaches by artificial intelligence companies.Anthony Albanese on Tuesday released the recommendations of a “rapid review” into the June breach of a Medicare statistics reporting service portal administered by Services Australia, but not the findings or the report itself, which he committed to releasing in the future.Maintaining security controls across all stages of development and deployment.Identifying and managing serious risks associated with their models.Providing mandatory notification of incidents to the Australian government rapidly.Allowing independent evaluation of their models.Maintaining and publishing safety and security frameworks to ensure good governance, risk management and transparency.Responding to updated standards and rules as technologies change. Continue reading...