Australian PM says OpenAI hacked government health website
OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused OpenAI of hacking an Australian government health website during training exercises with a rogue model. This breach, which breached security measures, occurred in June, according to Government Services Minister Katy Gallagher. OpenAI did not inform the Australian government until September 10, sending an email to a generic public mailbox checked only once daily.
Albanese expressed extreme concern and disappointment over the company's slow response, stating that no personal information was accessed, but other government services might have been compromised. OpenAI claimed it discovered the breach during an extensive review of its AI models, which were attempting to look up statistics for a question about Australia's healthcare spending.
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