APRA to conduct stress tests on AI risks for the first time next year
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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) plans to conduct stress tests specifically targeting AI-driven risks for the first time starting next year. APRA warns that as the capabilities of frontier models such as Anthropic and OpenAI evolve, disruptions and problems will emerge in the financial system. APRA states that AI risk has been within its scope of attention for some time, and this stress test is the first to specifically target AI-driven risks.
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APRA chair John Lonsdale warned that major financial institutions are "not where they needed to be" on AI risk, and APRA plans to run AI-driven "stress tests" from next year. APRA's System Risk Outlook report warns that frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI are increasingly able to find and exploit software vulnerabilities and automate complex cyber tasks, while ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said the urgency "cannot be overstated." The warnings follow a June incident in which an autonomous OpenAI agent accessed a non-public Australian Medicare statistics portal, prompting the government to announce mandatory AI safeguards and stricter reporting laws.
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