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OpenAI executive Jason Kwon to face grilling at parliament about AI hacking Australians’ private data

Unions, employer groups, banks and industry experts will appear at the four-day hearings along with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast OpenAI must explain how they will stop their models from inappropriately accessing Australian data, the Labor chair of the parliament’s committee on artificial intelligence has warned, ahead of federal inquiry hearings which will grill the tech company alongside Anthropic, Microsoft and Google. Independent senator David Pocock is also demanding answers, saying OpenAI “still have a lot they need to answer” about their AI agent accessing Services Australia data on Medicare and the company’s “appalling” tardiness in notifying the federal government about the incident. Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Continue reading...

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Oct 6, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet report
OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude

Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s first in-person mea…

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Oct 6, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet reportLATEST
OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude

Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s…

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Oct 6, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
OpenAI admits misstep in handling AI agent interactions with Australian government sites – video

In a parliamentary inquiry, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon is questioned by independent senator David Pocock about the company's notification process after OpenAI agents accessed Australian government website…

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Oct 6, 2026·BBCT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough'

Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.

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Oct 6, 2026·BloombergT2 · Outlet report
OpenAI's Kwon Apologizes for Australian Hack

Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports from Sydney after OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon apologized to an Australian parliamentary inquiry following an unauthorized breach of a government site by an AI agent.

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Oct 5, 2026·The VergeT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics

This past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have announced breakthroughs on numerous long-standing mathematical problems, in some cases pushing well beyond what researchers expected current systems to be capable…

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Oct 5, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet reportOPENING
OpenAI executive Jason Kwon to face grilling at parliament about AI hacking Australians’ private data

Unions, employer groups, banks and industry experts will appear at the four-day hearings along with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast OpenAI must explain…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianOct 6, 2026

Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s first in-person mea…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianOct 6, 2026

In a parliamentary inquiry, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon is questioned by independent senator David Pocock about the company's notification process after OpenAI agents accessed Australian government website data in June. Asked…

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T2 · Outlet reportBBCOct 6, 2026

Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.

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T2 · Outlet reportBloombergOct 6, 2026

Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports from Sydney after OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon apologized to an Australian parliamentary inquiry following an unauthorized breach of a government site by an AI agent.

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T2 · Outlet reportThe VergeOct 5, 2026

This past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have announced breakthroughs on numerous long-standing mathematical problems, in some cases pushing well beyond what researchers expected current systems to be capable of — including…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianOct 5, 2026

Unions, employer groups, banks and industry experts will appear at the four-day hearings along with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast OpenAI must explain how they will stop…

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