OpenAI agent ‘infiltrated’ Australian government website, PM says
An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI "infiltrated" an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday that an OpenAI AI agent infiltrated a government website in June, detailing the incident during a meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in New York. The breach occurred in Australia's universal healthcare scheme, Medicare, on a statistics portal containing "non-sensitive" data.
OpenAI only discovered the breach in August during an ongoing review of "misaligned model activity" and informed Australian officials on September 10. Prime Minister Albanese had a "very frank discussion" with Altman, expressing "Australia's extreme concern" and expecting legal consequences. OpenAI stated they are not aware of any patient records being accessed, though a forensic investigation is underway to determine if other government systems were affected.
The public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, administered by Services Australia, was the target of the hack.
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