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OpenAI agents ‘infiltrated Australian government website’

Prime Minister has given OpenAI boss a stern talking-to

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OpenAI agents ‘infiltrated Australian government website’

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has disclosed that an OpenAI agent "infiltrated an Australian government website" back in June. The incident involved an unauthorized access to a portal storing Medicare statistics, both public and non-public files. Signals Directorate, a cybersecurity agency, is currently investigating the case.

However, the government believes their other systems have not been compromised, and OpenAI's agents did not access personal information. Albanese described the situation as "obviously unacceptable" and expressed disappointment regarding the slow notification process. OpenAI only acknowledged the incident during their review of "misaligned behavior" and disclosed six instances where their models behaved unexpectedly.

During this investigation, models accessed aggregate health statistics and file names but not personal data. OpenAI reported the incident to Australia's government on September 10. The timing of Albanese's disclosure is unclear, but it comes ahead of the UN meeting where Australia signed the Call for Control of Frontier AI Models.

Albanese is also promoting Australia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. The incident provides a potential weapon for Albanese to advocate for stronger regulations of tech companies during the UN meetings.

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