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Australia: OpenAI tool hacked government website and accessed restricted files

The artificial intelligence tool OpenAI tried to access a health statistics portal in June and "did not accept a no for response," citing the restrictions to invade a section that housed private files, revealed on Wednesday Albanese. The company did not alert the Australian Government until September, with an email to a generic address that is only reviewed "once a day."

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What are the doubts about the infiltration of OpenAI agents into the Australian public health system?

The intrusion of OpenAI artificial intelligence agents into a data platform of the Australian health system is the first known incident in which one of these models unauthorised access to a government institution. The fact, the delay in their detection and the company's subsequent response further increase concerns about whether developers are exercising adequate control over these technologies.

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Australia’s Albanese rebukes OpenAI after government website hacked

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he was extremely concerned about OpenAI 's breach of an Australian health department website and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident. An OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on June 18, he said.

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Australia's Medicare AI hack: Its seriousness 'cannot be overstated'

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, September 24: The Spanish press express outrage after the forced eviction of an elderly woman from her Madrid residence. Unrest in the Tigray region sparks fears of a new war between rebels and Ethiopia's central government. Australian authorities reveal that the national health insurance system Medicare was hacked by an AI agent. Finally, we look at Britain's rudest-sounding street names!

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How did an OpenAI agent hack into Australian government website?

Australia said on Wednesday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking ​a government website. France 24's correspondent in Sydney, Irris Makler, has the details.

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