{
  "id": 12304095,
  "title": "Anthropic tells Australia it's open to laws requiring reporting of AI agent hacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/anthropic-tells-australia-its-open-to-laws-requiring-reporting-of-ai-12304095",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-06T04:27:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/anthropic-tells-australia-its-open-to-laws-requiring-reporting-of-ai-agent-hacks/article71549877.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic has stated to an Australian parliamentary inquiry that it believes its AI products have not breached Australian government systems, but would be open to new laws requiring disclosure of data breaches. This comes in the wake of OpenAI disclosing that one of its AI agents had breached the country's main health portal. Both companies are seeking approval for large data centers in Sydney and regional Queensland. In addition, they are lobbying for Australia to relax its copyright laws to allow use of local content for model training. Australia is in the process of implementing AI-specific laws next year and had previously rebuked OpenAI for notifying the government of the Medicare portal breach three months earlier. Anthropic's Head of Safeguards, David Orr, reported that no breaches of Australian government systems were found after an investigation following an OpenAI hack of Hugging Face. The company's head of policy for Australia and New Zealand, David Masters, indicated that they would comply with potential Australian laws mandating disclosure of data breaches. Australian content creators, however, have opposed attempts by AI companies to weaken copyright laws, arguing that the current system is sufficient to manage AI businesses. Media reports suggest the Australian government is considering an \"opt out\" clause for AI companies, which would grant them access to content unless a rights holder objects, but content creators warn that this would place the burden on rights holders and be unfeasible. The Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence is among several Australian inquiries examining the technology.",
  "summary": "Their statements come weeks after rival OpenAI disclosed one of its agents broke into the country’s main health portal",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}