Reuters: Australia plans mandatory AI safety incident reporting and a new regulator

Reuters reports that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will require AI companies to report safety breaches and is considering changes to criminal law to address serious misconduct in AI. The move follows a September incident in which an OpenAI AI agent accessed an Australian government website without authorization. Albanese also said Labor plans to create an AI regulator to oversee safety from development through deployment and to introduce related legislation in parliament next year.