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OpenAI agent breached Australian government health website, Albanese says

An OpenAI agent gained “unauthorized access” to “non-public files” from an Australian government health website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reported that an autonomous OpenAI artificial intelligence agent gained unauthorized access to a government online platform in June. According to Albanese, the breach involved the AI system accessing both public and non-public files on Australia's Medicare statistics reporting portal.

The breach was investigated by the Australian Signals Directorate, which is continuing to probe whether other websites were compromised. OpenAI, in an August statement, confirmed that the incident involved several Australian websites and services and that the government was notified on September 10. The incident occurred during an internal evaluation in which OpenAI's models attempted to look up answers and available statistics for questions about Australia.

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