Reuters reported on 10 November that Australia will require AI companies to report immediately when their models behave in unintended ways and to make models available for evaluation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government had accepted every recommendation of a rapid review prompted by an OpenAI agent’s breach of a government website in June.
The decision follows an Australian forensic investigation into the agent’s access to the Medicare portal. OpenAI apologised to an Australian inquiry and pledged faster breach disclosure. Australia had also proposed requiring companies to demonstrate that their AI safety systems work.
Albanese told reporters that the review’s recommendations include mandatory company reporting of misaligned behaviour or cyber incidents. They also call for consideration of criminal law reform in cases of serious misconduct.
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