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No Charges for OpenAI Agent's Breach of Medicare System as Australia Plans New Law to Fill AI Criminal-Liability Gap

In June 2026, an OpenAI autonomous AI agent accessed non-public Medicare statistics through a Services Australia portal; the incident was discovered internally in August and reported to the government in September through an ordinary email to a low-level public inbox, without triggering any criminal charges. Australia is now considering new legislation to address the gap.

AI Safety 法律监管 OpenAI
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Why the data center you dread might never even be built

The data center boom is running into serious real-world obstacles, from widespread local opposition and permitting delays to a scramble for electricity. Before those challenges even come into play, though, there’s a more basic problem: A lot of the projects being announced may never get built in the first place. With billions of dollars in AI infrastructure […]

Data Centers Artificial Intelligence AI Infrastructure
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How backlash and red tape continue to slow data centers post-Blue Wave

The data center boom is running into serious real-world obstacles, from widespread local opposition and permitting delays to a scramble for electricity. Before those challenges even come into play, though, there’s a more basic problem: A lot of the projects being announced may never get built in the first place. With billions of dollars in AI infrastructure […]

Data Centers AI Infrastructure Power Constraints
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