Mehreen Faruqi
Role at the time: Acting Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for New South Wales
Statement summary
Acting Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi called the breach "disturbing" and "deeply alarming," characterized OpenAI as an "out-of-control" tech corporation, and called for a moratorium on AI data centres in Australia until further regulations are in place.
“This breach by a foreign AI company on an Australian government database is deeply alarming and brings home the risks that these out-of-control tech corporations pose.”
ABC News's detailed report on Albanese's disclosure, including a timeline of who knew what and when, OpenAI's full statement, and reactions from Marles, Taylor and Faruqi.
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Faruqi directly condemns OpenAI's conduct, characterizing the company as an out-of-control corporation whose access to government systems poses a serious risk, going beyond a factual account to an explicit evaluation of the company's behavior.