OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites
OpenAI used AI to help draft the email it sent to the Australian government disclosing that its AI agent had compromised government websites. The revelation followed testimony in which an OpenAI executive told a parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write that message.
Why this matters: OpenAI's AI hacked Australian government websites and then, apparently, helped write the apology about it. That is a strange loop worth paying attention to. But the bigger issue is the executive's answer to parliament. He said he didn't believe AI was involved, without actually knowing. That is not a small thing. When a company's senior people cannot give a straight answer about their own basic practices, under oath, to a government inquiry, that is an accountability problem. The Australian public deserved a clear answer on day one.
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