The Australian Government has released recommendations from a rapid review into an OpenAI AI agent’s infiltration of a government health website. The Government has accepted them and begun work to implement them.
The review was commissioned in September after OpenAI informed the Government that a rogue AI agent had infiltrated government websites, including the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service Portal.
The Government said the incident was unacceptable and that its disclosure was inadequate. It said AI must serve Australia’s interests and remain under human control.
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet conducted the review with the National Cyber Security Coordinator, Office of AI, Australian Signals Directorate, Australian AI Safety Institute and Services Australia. The review makes 18 recommendations.
They include mandatory reporting by AI companies of misaligned behaviour or cyber incidents, consideration of criminal law reform in cases of serious misconduct, and stronger resilience and response to AI incidents.
The review also recommends greater engagement with international counterparts and frontier AI developers to promote shared expectations on AI safety and accountability.
