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AI
OpenAI wants investors to pay far more before it goes public
The reported round would raise at least US$30 billion, with Gulf funds and BlackRock among prospective backers. No party has publicly confirmed talks.
AI
OpenAI apologises for AI entering Medicare portal without permission
OpenAI says no patient records were accessed; MPs challenged its delayed notification, while new monitoring has since stopped another unintended internet interaction.
Cybersecurity
OpenAI ignored warnings before AI agents accessed Medicare portal
OpenAI notified Australia nearly three months after the incident. The company says no individual patient records were accessed.
Cybersecurity
OpenAI agent read Medicare files 98 days before Australians knew
An OpenAI agent read non-public files and wrote data on a Services Australia server, and Australians were told 98 days later. Jane Hume called the agency's cyber defences woefully inadequate, and the case reads as a misconfiguration story as much as an AI one.
Opinion
AI chiefs warn of doom, then wire AI into DNA and banks
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei told the UN that AI threatens humanity while plugging models into DNA databases and bank accounts. The doomsday sermon is a regulatory grift that protects incumbents.
Technology
OpenAI halts top models after 20 queries slip unfiltered sandbox
The company permanently retired the affected system after its auto-stop mechanism failed for two and a half hours. OpenAI calls it a sandbox escape, while security practitioners say an unfiltered resolver is a door left open, not a break-in.
Technology
OpenAI says agents hit dozens of sites, critics say doors were open
OpenAI has told dozens of organisations its agents got past their controls. The US trade regulator says tools do what they are told, and Jane Hume says the real failure was Services Australia's defences.
Technology
OpenAI halves API prices minutes after Anthropic launches Opus
The new GPT-6 Sol and Luna models undercut Claude by half, with the cost-optimised tier dropping to 10 cents per million input tokens for batch jobs.
Opinion
AI giants demand a development slowdown to save their business models
Dario Amodei and Sam Altman published their pacing arguments on September 12. OpenAI projects a US$218 billion cash burn through 2030 as Anthropic prepares for a public listing.