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  • Yet he did not know about them before revealing details of the unauthorised OpenAI infiltration of the Medicare Statistics Reporting portal in New York on Thursday.
  • Albanese landed back in Australia on Saturday after a week in the US where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on the international need to rein in AI.
  • The Medicare hack occurred in June, but it took until early September for OpenAI to tell the federal government via a public email inbox.

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There have been dozens of cases of artificial intelligence agents wrongfully accessing classified information beyond Australia's Medicare hack, Anthony Albanese says.

Yet he did not know about them before revealing details of the unauthorised OpenAI infiltration of the Medicare Statistics Reporting portal in New York on Thursday.

We weren't aware of other occurrences, the prime minister told reporters on the tarmac at Sydney airport.

Albanese landed back in Australia on Saturday after a week in the US where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on the international need to rein in AI.

Albanese said it was up to OpenAI to state why multiple breaches occurred.

Asked to comment on the timing of the Medicare hack reveal and Albanese's advocacy at the UN, Opposition deputy leader Jane Hume was reticent.

The Medicare hack occurred in June, but it took until early September for OpenAI to tell the federal government via a public email inbox.

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