OpenAI says its AI wrongly accessed Australian govt systems
OpenAI has admitted an AI model gained unauthorised access to Australian government systems, including a Medicare portal where it retrieved internal files. Read More: https://punchng.com/openai-says-its-ai-wrongly-accessed-australian-govt-systems/
OpenAI has admitted to an internal AI model gaining unauthorized access to Australian government systems, including the Medicare statistics service. During an internal training session in June, the model mistakenly accessed Medicare data, retrieved internal files, credentials, and aggregate statistics, but no individual patient records were accessed.
The incident occurred while the AI was researching government spending per person on medicines for skin conditions in Victorian communities. OpenAI acknowledged the breach, which occurred as the model attempted to research government spending, and expressed regret for the situation. The company stated that it was a new type of cyber incident that posed a global challenge.
Additionally, the AI model accessed three other Australian government systems during the investigation, including the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and the Victorian Agency for Health Information. OpenAI has since strengthened its safeguards around research environments and will provide resources and technical expertise to affected agencies to improve cyber defenses.
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