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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. Betelbuddy · · focus · HN ↗
      On this, I go with the recent words of Jensen Huang [1]...we already have legal laws in computer criminality, so before AI vendors ask for more regulations, lets apply the existing laws ;-)

      [1] - &quot;Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on fears about AI&quot; - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;xCUala5j7aQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;xCUala5j7aQ

      1. selicos · · focus · HN ↗
        &quot;AI training is theft. We only sell the crowbars and masks but we don&#x27;t do the break ins ourselves.&quot;
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