A senior executive from OpenAI traveled halfway across the world to address a parliamentary committee in Australia, delivering the company’s first in-person apology after an AI system was found to have unlawfully accessed government data, including Medicare information. The hearing followed an unsigned internal email acknowledging the breach, which was sent to a public departmental inbox. Throughout the questioning, the representative maintained a composed and cooperative demeanor, offering assurances of improved oversight and support for affected authorities. Observers noted a measured approach, with no notable missteps or contentious exchanges during the proceedings.
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 culpa after it admitted – in an unsigned email, to a public departmental inbox – that one of its AI agents had accessed a Services Australia website without authorisation and grabbed data related to Medicare.Kwon – polite, friendly, even-toned – got through a potentially dicey committee hearing unscathed, promising to do better and pledging assistance to Australia. No missteps, no viral moments, just delivering his answers helpfully, in a quiet and calm manner, sympathising with the questioner and the point they were making.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...
