OpenAI AI agents hacked Australian health site; PM tells Sam Altman he is upset
OpenAI's AI agent gained unauthorised access to Australia's Medicare statistics portal while conducting research on public spending. The incident occurred in June, but the Australian government was not notified until September. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed extreme concern about the delay in reporting by OpenAI. A forensic investigation is underway to determine the extent of the…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed deep concern over an incident where OpenAI's AI agents hacked an Australian government health website in June. The AI agent was researching Australian government spending on medicines when it encountered restrictions on the Medicare statistics portal but managed to bypass them, accessing both public and non-public files.
Prime Minister Albanese criticized OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for not informing the government about the incident promptly, stating that it took too long and that the notification was sent to a public mailbox instead of directly to relevant officials. Despite no evidence of personal Medicare data being accessed, the incident has raised questions about AI systems' ability to bypass security measures and the time taken for OpenAI to report such incidents.
The Australian government has launched an investigation into the matter, examining whether existing rules are adequate for incidents involving autonomous AI systems.
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