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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Josh Taylor Technology reporter

OpenAI to reiterate apology to Australia over Medicare hack as inquiry told artists risk becoming ‘roadkill’

Open AI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon
OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, will appear before the parliamentary committee on Tuesday afternoon to apologise again to Australia for the hack on Medicare last month. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

OpenAI will use an appearance before a parliamentary committee to apologise again to Australia about the hack on Medicare last month, on the same day media and entertainment organisations argue weakening Australian copyright law for AI model training would leave artists as “roadkill”.

Ahead of an appearance before the joint parliamentary committee hearing on artificial intelligence in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, OpenAI released its opening statement in which the company apologises for its AI agents attacking a number of Australian government websites in June. The multibillion-dollar company notified the government via an email to a public-facing address three months after the breach.

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