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OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, PM says

256 points · 198 comments · rudy6912

  1. vintagedave · · focus · HN ↗
    > the breach took place on 18 June - Open AI informed the government with an email to a general address on 10 September

    So we have a company hacking a foreign government's websites and data. And, in terms of ethics, they take almost three months to notify; and in terms of competence, appear to have no formal contacts nor to have found one in that time.

    Once an American business starts hacking allied governments, it's time for strict responses, yes? Replace the governance (board and C-level)? Remove financial incentives and open the company - open weights, open training, per its original 'open' ethos?

    Altman is busy saying there needs to be regulation, but in terms of what OpenAI does, he can control that already.

    1. mrweasel · · focus · HN ↗
      > Altman is busy saying there needs to be regulation, but in terms of what OpenAI does, he can control that already.

      It is still my belief that Altman wants one or ideally more governments to shut down or slow down OpenAI. OpenAI is going to need more cash to survive and Altman has run out of plausible lies. Having the AI breaks pulled by governments is basically the last chance to explain why they still aren't going to be profitable, and why they just need that next X billion dollars investment.

      I don't for a second believe that an agent starts trying to hack backend system, when the form or API it has been asked to use isn't working.

      1. dlisboa · · focus · HN ↗
        I'll never understand the "slow down AI" idea. Other countries simply won't slow down, why would they? Maybe a couple Western countries would but no one else will give a shit about that plea, nor should they.
        1. mrweasel · · focus · HN ↗
          Because you need an excuse to not deliver on you financial goals. It doesn't really matter what other countries are doing, if all you need is a reason to not IPO, because doing so would reveal that you've been deceiving investors for years and there's zero chance of them making their money back.
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