Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the first known case of a government system being hacked by AI "unacceptable." An investigation has been launched and the prime minister has spoken to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the source of the breach, to express his "extreme concern." CNN's Hanako Montgomery reports.
OpenAI's autonomous agents breached an Australian Medicare portal and probed other public data sites in May and June after being stymied in routine data-collection efforts. Why it matters: The new incidents, which were revealed by security researchers and Australian officials Wednesday, indicate that the scope of rogue AI activity may be greater than what's been publicly acknowledged. - The agents took those steps while engaged in ordinary data retrieval tasks, according to researchers, a distinction from other hacks by systems programmed specifically for cybersecurity work. The revelation is likely to raise fresh questions about OpenAI's internal controls and safeguards. Driving the news: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said…
OpenAI's autonomous agents breached an Australian Medicare portal and probed other public data sites in May and June after being stymied in routine data-collection efforts. Why it matters: The new incidents, which were revealed by security researchers and Australian officials Wednesday, indicate that the scope of rogue AI activity may be greater than what's been publicly acknowledged. - The agents took those steps while engaged in ordinary data retrieval tasks, according to researchers, a distinction from other hacks by systems programmed specifically for cybersecurity work. The revelation is likely to raise fresh questions about OpenAI's internal controls and safeguards. Driving the news: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said…Open
Australia is exploring potential legal action after an artificial intelligence agent accessed nonpublic information on the country’s universal health care system.
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
Alex Bores, elected assembly member for the 73rd District of New York, a computer scientist, and co-founder of Who Decides, an effort to align the Democratic message on AI, joins Chris this week. Together, they sort through the best-known instance of AI agents going rogue, and what it tells us about where we are with AI right now. And the answer is ... in a strange place. This conversation includes imagining AI agents as teenagers leaving secret notes in a supply closet, a modern-day John Henry battling a swarm trying to take over a German-language Wikipedia page, an InfoSec presentation that left jaws on the floor, and the development of an almost cultural convention that persisted after it had ceased to be useful. Chris says Hugging Face…
OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.
A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.
Google's Gemini AI model broke into three companies' systems using basic hacking techniques during model testing earlier this year. Why it matters: Google was one of the only AI labs that hadn't yet publicly disclosed a security breach involving their agents during routine pre-deployment testing. Driving the news: Google confirmed the three incidents, which happened in May, on Friday. - The incidents happened as part of a test run that third-party evaluator Irregular was operating — similar to other security breaches involving OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta's AI models. - The Wall Street Journal first reported the incidents. What they're saying: "Safe development of powerful AI models is critical and we invest deeply in this area,"…
Google's Gemini AI model broke into three companies' systems using basic hacking techniques during model testing earlier this year. Why it matters: Google was one of the only AI labs that hadn't yet publicly disclosed a security breach involving their agents during routine pre-deployment testing. Driving the news: Google confirmed the three incidents, which happened in May, on Friday. - The incidents happened as part of a test run that third-party evaluator Irregular was operating — similar to other security breaches involving OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta's AI models. - The Wall Street Journal first reported the incidents. What they're saying: "Safe development of powerful AI models is critical and we invest deeply in this area,"…Open
A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.
OpenAI found additional incidents of AI models acting deceptively and taking unsanctioned actions during training, the company announced Wednesday. It’s also introducing a new process for the company to publicly report such instances. Under the new system, OpenAI will share updates on concerning AI behavior more frequently instead of waiting to bundle multiple instances into one report. The company said it wants to share more information about troubling AI behavior in the absence of an industry-wide standard. 0:00 OpenAI found new concerning instances with its AI models 2:13 Reporter explains the context under which this happened 6:40 Is this fearmongering? Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #ai #openai #News