{"id":23788,"date":"2026-07-03T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/nsw-government-absolutely-thrilled-to-welcome-openai-until-someone-mentioned-the-terminator-films\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:37:16","slug":"nsw-government-absolutely-thrilled-to-welcome-openai-until-someone-mentioned-the-terminator-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/nsw-government-absolutely-thrilled-to-welcome-openai-until-someone-mentioned-the-terminator-films\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW government \u2018absolutely thrilled\u2019 to welcome OpenAI &#8230; until someone mentioned the Terminator films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emails sent between MP Anoulak Chanthivong\u2019s staff take cautious approach to AI giant arriving in Sydney \u2013 despite the government\u2019s encouragement<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NSW technology minister\u2019s office removed a reference to being \u201cabsolutely thrilled\u201d about OpenAI opening a Sydney office after staffers joked a dystopian Skynet could be headed for the city within five years.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI announced its first Australian office in August last year, before opening in December.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jul\/03\/nsw-government-openai-arrives-sydney-terminator-films\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fbd7230f2c80a45152e7be209adbf6e152914222\/392_0_6564_5254\/master\/6564.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=29b413d54472daeec7933395d6a92b51\" title=\"NSW government \u2018absolutely thrilled\u2019 to welcome OpenAI ... until someone mentioned the Terminator films\" \/>Emails sent between MP Anoulak Chanthivong\u2019s staff take cautious approach to AI giant arriving in Sydney \u2013 despite the government\u2019s encouragement<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nThe NSW technology minister\u2019s office removed a reference to being \u201cabsolutely thrilled\u201d about OpenAI opening a Sydney office after staffers joked a dystopian Skynet could be headed for the city within five years.<br \/>\nArtificial intelligence giant OpenAI announced its first Australian office in August last year, before opening in December. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emails sent between MP Anoulak Chanthivong\u2019s staff take cautious approach to AI giant arriving in Sydney \u2013 despite the government\u2019s encouragement Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The NSW technology minister\u2019s office removed a reference to being \u201cabsolutely thrilled\u201d about OpenAI opening a Sydney office after staffers joked a dystopian &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/nsw-government-absolutely-thrilled-to-welcome-openai-until-someone-mentioned-the-terminator-films\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NSW government \u2018absolutely thrilled\u2019 to welcome OpenAI &#8230; until someone mentioned the Terminator films<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}