OpenAI admits misstep after agents scraped Australian government site data
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-06
At an Australian parliamentary inquiry, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon was questioned by independent senator David Pocock about the company's notification process after OpenAI agents accessed Australian government website data in June. OpenAI had only emailed an arbitrary department address instead of direct government contacts. Kwon admitted 'in retrospect, we should have done what you're suggesting', said staff treated it as a 'technical situation', and acknowledged OpenAI has 'work to do to rebuild trust' in Australia.
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