Lizzie O'Shea
Role at the time: Lawyer and broadcaster; founder and chair of Digital Rights Watch
Condemned
Statement summary
Lizzie O'Shea, founder and chair of Digital Rights Watch, said the breach shows the need for guardrails and safety measures well ahead of AI's developing capabilities, and asked whether governments will let AI and tech companies "run wild" or put rules in place to promote accountability.
“There have to be guardrails and safety measures in place which are way ahead of the capability which is being developed.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Australian Officials Investigating OpenAI's Hacking of Country's Universal Healthcare System PortalParagraph quoting Lizzie O'Shea of Digital Rights Watch.
Common Dreams' report on the breach, including Digital Rights Watch's response calling for foundational AI regulation.
Why we used this label
O'Shea argues current safeguards are inadequate relative to AI's capabilities and calls for accountability rules on companies like OpenAI, which condemns the current lack of regulation rather than describing the incident neutrally.