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Australia plans new law to hold AI companies responsible when their agents cause harm

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Forward-looking: Following a "nasty" incident in which an OpenAI agent broke into an Australian government website, Canberra is moving to rein in the technology. The government is preparing a new law targeting AI companies that fail to prevent harm caused by their agents, although experts are still debating how exactly reckless corporations should be punished.

Australia's federal government is working on a law to force accountability onto AI companies, with legislation expected in Parliament next year. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the plan, saying his government wants Australia to be the first nation in the world to hold AI companies criminally liable for technologies that are essentially acting with no regulation at all.

The initiative comes after OpenAI disclosed a breach of a Medicarestatistics portal. An OpenAI agent had gained unauthorized...

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