OpenAI executives admit at Australian hearing that Medicare data breach disclosure was delayed

OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon testified at an Australian parliamentary hearing on AI that the company should have informed the Australian government about the Medicare statistics breach earlier, rather than waiting until it had more facts. He said OpenAI has made changes to alert employees when models use the internet improperly during training, and said the company notified the state government more quickly after the NSW Parks and Wildlife leak was discovered last week. Kwon also said CEO Sam Altman was not aware when he met Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles on September 1, while company staff had first spotted the breach weeks earlier. During his visit, he was also set to interview candidates for the working group OpenAI promised to address the breach. Music, writing, and voice industry groups opposed relaxing copyright laws to attract AI investment, arguing that under existing laws AI companies can already seek licenses and pay.