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Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of 'cannibalisation' of news
Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of'cannibalisation' of news But Australia's public broadcasters, the ABC and SBS, have strongly criticised AI firms, calling on the government to enact strict new rules to compensate media organisations and protect public interest journalism. Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected? The ABC and SBS also suggested the government include AI companies in the news bargaining incentive, which would require them to make commercial deals with large media outlets to support journalism. "As publishers, AI-based services are currently unregulated and receive more favourable treatment than established Australian media. This unequal treatment will accelerate the cannibalisation of the Australian news industry," the ABC said in its submission.
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"We're not going to shoot ourselves in the foot" over hack fallout, says OpenAI's chief research officer
Two months after the bombshell news that a swarm of its agents had broken their containment and hacked into the computers of the AI company Hugging Face, OpenAI is still putting out fires. A steady drip of disclosures about other hacks in the weeks since has kept OpenAI in the spotlight and raised serious questions about the safety of its technology. Last week brought news of another hack, this time into Australia's national health-care system. The Australian government says that OpenAI did not notify it of the breach until 84 days after it happened. But OpenAI insists it is not on the back foot.
Dyson confirms some CameraJet AI toothbrushes faulty due to water seepage
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How to watch Brazil vs. Australia online for free
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The internet hates Taylor Swifts new songs
Mashable Selects Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more In My Bag Look Up Creator Playbook Say More AI at School Safety Net Versus Trending Now Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age All Series The internet hates Taylor Swift's new songs Cleveland! Amanda Yeo is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. Based in Australia, she writes about everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets. On Friday, Sept. 25, Taylor Swift released four new songs as part of her expanded album The internet has since spent the weekend listening, evaluating, and searching the tracks for hidden meanings . So far, many listeners have concluded that Swift's new songs leave a lot to be desired, with even die-hard Swifties struggling to defend her artistic choices.
Revealed: the five-paragraph email OpenAI used to inform Australia about agent attack
Prime minister Anthony Albanese (left) previously said he had expressed'Australia's extreme concern about the incident' to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Prime minister Anthony Albanese (left) previously said he had expressed'Australia's extreme concern about the incident' to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Executive to front parliamentary committee on AI as ministers reveal how brief message telling them about hack was signed off'best' OpenAI has apologised to Australians for its agent attack on Medicare, and will front parliament next week as the tech company revealed more details about its June hack of Australian government websites. Ministers on Tuesday evening released a brief, five paragraph email which OpenAI used to inform the Australian government about the attack. The email was sent to a public inbox monitored by Services Australia on 10 September - nearly three months after the AI agent accessed the website on 18 June - and was signed off with the closing "best".
Anthropic 'warns of existential AI risks to humanity' in IPO document
Reuters reported that approximately 80 pages of the 261-page main body of the Anthropic prospectus were devoted to laying out risk factors. Reuters reported that approximately 80 pages of the 261-page main body of the Anthropic prospectus were devoted to laying out risk factors. Anthropic'warns of existential AI risks to humanity' in IPO document Reported admission to investors of AI's'self-preserving behaviours' comes as company prepares for a potential $2tn flotation Anthropic is telling investors that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity", according to reports, as it prepares for a potential $2tn (£1.5tn) flotation. The warning inside the startup's IPO prospectus, which has yet to be made public, was reported by Reuters and the Financial Times. It follows the company's call for a slowdown in breakneck development of the technology - a warning echoed by rivals . The prospectus - a document outlining a company's finances, growth plans and risk profile ahead of a share listing - is said to warn that AI models could exhibit "self-preserving behaviours", including attempts to "resist shutdown", to "conceal or manipulate information" and behaviour "resembling blackmail".
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AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia's vulnerabilities and experts warn 'there is more of this to come'
Anthony Albanese (left) challenged the OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, after the company's agent infiltrated systems run by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Victoria's Department of Health, the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, and the Medicare statistics reporting service portal of Services Australia. Anthony Albanese (left) challenged the OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, after the company's agent infiltrated systems run by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Victoria's Department of Health, the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, and the Medicare statistics reporting service portal of Services Australia. AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia's vulnerabilities and experts warn'there is more of this to come' Technology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare's internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, challenged the OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, on Thursday after the company's agent infiltrated systems run by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Victoria's Department of Health, the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, and the Medicare statistics reporting service portal of Services Australia. OpenAI alerted the government earlier this month to the June hacking via an email to a public-facing address, a situation Albanese called "obviously unacceptable".