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Indexed articles, last 90 days
34
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Paul Smith

    Sam Altman says IPOs ‘ill-advised’ for AI firms amid rogue agent fears (opens the original)

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    San Francisco | OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says it is the wrong time for artificial intelligence companies to go public because of safety concerns where the technology has gone rogue, including hacking into Australia’s Medicare system. Altman’s comments come as rival Anthropic, the developer of the Claude platform, prepares for its sharemarket listing, with reports it could have a valuation of $US2 trillion ($2.9 trillion). Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Paul Smith

    OpenAI to turn Australia into test lab in fight against rogue agents (opens the original)

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    San Francisco | OpenAI plans to use Australia as a test lab as it works out how to combat the rising risk of rogue agents powered by increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence, amid growing fears newer models are becoming resistant to human control and impossible to contain. Chris Lehane, the head of global affairs at the company behind the popular ChatGPT platform, said Australia was “on the leading edge of how folks are thinking about technology policy, with child safety an obvious exa

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Paul Smith

    OpenAI apologises for hack, pledges funding to fight rogue AI agents (opens the original)

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    OpenAI has apologised for the way it handled the breach of Medicare data by rogue artificial intelligence-powered agents and says it will work with Australian officials to find new ways to defend sensitive systems from the threat posed by the increasingly sophisticated tools it creates. In a blog post laying out what it knows so far about the actions of its agents, OpenAI said it would finance an increase in defences for critical infrastructure and other sensitive government and business data th

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Paul Smith

    OpenAI, Anthropic, Chinese AI models pose risks to Australia. Should Anthony Albanese invest in a local artificial intelligence model? (opens the original)

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    At the end of a week in which Donald Trump and Xi Jinping laid out opposing paths on artificial intelligence and OpenAI agents breached a Medicare website, Australian leaders of business and government are starting to look overly reliant on the US company and arch rival Anthropic. The two giants of the US industry were publicly named last week by Australian Signals Directorate boss Abigail Bradshaw as the most reliable frontier labs to partner with for a secure future. Gift 5 articles to anyone

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Paul Smith

    OpenAI hack blows Australia’s AI plans wide open (opens the original)

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    It was Friday, September 11, when a Services Australia employee checked an email inbox set aside for general feedback from the public. It contained an email from US tech giant OpenAI, making the extraordinary claim that one of its agents had gone rogue and hacked the government agency’s website. The inbox is typically checked only once a day and, perhaps confused by the low-key reporting of such a significant event, Services Australia – which runs Medicare, Centrelink and other payments programs

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