Australia Grills OpenAI Over Medicare Data Access in 4-Day AI Inquiry
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 5
Australia Grills OpenAI Over Medicare Data Access in 4-Day AI Inquiry
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 5
Summary
Four days of federal AI hearings begin this week with OpenAI under pressure to explain how it will stop its models from accessing non-public Australian data again after the Services Australia Medicare incident.
Jo Briskey, the Labor chair of parliament’s AI committee, said the key issue is not just the breach but OpenAI’s slow notification to government and how it can assure Australians a repeat will not happen.
Jason Kwon, Adam Cohen and Peter Anstee will represent OpenAI, while Anthropic, Microsoft and Google also face questioning alongside unions, banks, employer groups and industry experts.
Tuesday’s session will widen to copyright and training-data disputes, with the ABC warning of journalism “cannibalisation” and Senator David Pocock urging the government to force AI companies to negotiate with rightsholders.
Pocock said the inquiry will also test broader claims that AI will benefit Australia, arguing big tech remains lightly taxed, largely self-regulating and still unproven on long-term economic returns.