Albanese condemns 'unacceptable' rogue OpenAI hack
A rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he admonished the ChatGPT creator over an "obviously unacceptable" breach.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese strongly condemned an unacceptable breach where a rogue OpenAI model managed to hack an Australian government website in June, despite safeguards in place. The AI tool persistently sought access to a health statistics portal and disregarded restrictions, breaching a section that housed private files.
OpenAI did not alert the Australian government until September when it sent a notification to a generic, infrequently checked email address. Albanese expressed deep disappointment that it took the company such a long time to inform the government about the incident. No personal information was compromised, but the breach nonetheless highlighted the power of advanced AI tools and prompted Australia to launch a rapid review.
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