OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach

OpenAI's agent accessed non-public files from Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The incident, which OpenAI admitted was unintentional, led to the disclosure of the breach to the Australian government. Albanese revealed that three other public health statistics systems may have also been compromised across federal and state governments.

He assured that the portals contained non-sensitive Medicare information, such as aggregate statistics, and early indications suggest no personal information was accessed. Nevertheless, Albanese emphasized the unacceptable nature of the incident and expressed his extreme concern over how it was handled to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.