Australia to create AI safety regulator with power to impose significant penalties
nordicinst · x · 2026-11-11
Per Bloomberg and The Guardian, PM Anthony Albanese announced Australia will create a new AI safety regulator empowered to impose "significant penalties" on companies that do the wrong thing. Regarding OpenAI's Medicare data breach: OpenAI won't face criminal penalties, but the government flagged criminal law changes to stop companies arguing "that someone didn't know the computer was loaded" and to crack down on future AI-related breaches.
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