Australia tightens AI oversight rules after OpenAI agent breached government website


FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo in this illustration taken November 6, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

SYDNEY, Nov ⁠10 (Reuters) - Australia will ⁠make it mandatory for ‌artificial intelligence companies to immediately report when their AI models ​go rogue, and ⁠open models ⁠for evaluations, the government said ⁠on ‌Tuesday, after an OpenAI agent ⁠breached a government website in ​June.

Prime ‌Minister Anthony Albanese said ⁠the ​government had accepted all recommendations of a rapid ⁠review into the ​breach.

"(The recommendations) include mandatory AI company reporting when it ⁠comes to misaligned behaviour or cyber incidents, and consideration of reforming criminal ​law in ⁠cases of serious misconduct," ​Albanese told ‌reporters.

(Reporting by Renju ​Jose in Sydney; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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