Theguardian iconTheguardianSep 25, 2026

OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

As the UN warns traditional safeguards are 'unravelling', Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race. He didn't reveal the attack then, but he sounded a warning about the march of AI: "the risk is that AI develops in a way in which humans are no longer in control of what AI is producing." Continue reading...

OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

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As the UN warns traditional safeguards are 'unravelling', Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race.

He didn't reveal the attack then, but he sounded a warning about the march of AI: "the risk is that AI develops in a way in which humans are no longer in control of what AI is producing." Continue reading...

When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat down for an interview in the heart of Silicon Valley at the weekend he had known for two days that his was the first government known to have been...

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As the UN warns traditional safeguards are 'unravelling', Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race. He didn't reveal the attack then, but he sounded a warning about the march of AI: "the risk is that AI develops in a way in which humans are no longer in control of what AI is producing." Continue reading... When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat down for an interview in the heart of Silicon Valley at the weekend he had known for two days that his was the first government known to have been attacked by a rogue AI agent.

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When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat down for an interview in the heart of Silicon Valley at the weekend he had known for two days that his was the first government known to have been attacked by a rogue AI agent.

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