Anthropic says AI agents didn’t breach Australian government websites – video
During a joint parliamentary hearing on artificial intelligence, Anthropic’s head of safeguards, Dave Orr, says that investigations of hundreds of millions…
According to The Guardian, during a joint parliamentary hearing on artificial intelligence, Anthropic’s head of safeguards, Dave Orr, says that investigations of hundreds of millions of transcripts reveal no unauthorised interactions with Australian government systems.
However, Orr acknowledges Anthropic has limited visibility into customer usage due to standard ‘zero data retention’ policies Anthropic tells AI inquiry it ‘never tried to dictate’ Australian copyright rules.
This technology story centres on Australia. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Australian, AI and Anthropic.
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