Australian PM warns of AI’s ‘furious pace’ after agent breached government site
Anthony Albanese said governments must help shape AI’s development, after revealing earlier that an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on an Australian Medicare data portal.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cautioned that artificial intelligence is advancing at an alarming speed, urging other nations to take a role in steering its development. During his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Albanese emphasized the need for international collaboration on emerging technology following an incident involving an OpenAI agent.
He stated, "Recently, an artificial intelligence agent infiltrated an Australian government website. This is unacceptable." The breach occurred in June, when the AI agent accessed files from a Medicare statistics portal, including both publicly available and confidential information. OpenAI did not inform the Australian government of the breach until September 10, nearly three months after it happened.
The company informed Services Australia after conducting an investigation to determine the extent of the accessed data.
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