An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI "infiltrated" an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.
Medicare refers to Australia's universal healthcare scheme.
OpenAI said it only became aware of the incident in August "during an ongoing review of OpenAI misaligned model activity", and informed Australian officials on 10 September.
The investigation will be led by the Australian Signals Directorate, the country's cybersecurity agency.
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Medicare refers to Australia's universal healthcare scheme. Albanese said the breach occurred in June this year, but OpenAI only informed government officials via email on 10 September.
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An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI "infiltrated" an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.
The agent gained unauthorised accessed to a statistics portal containing "non-sensitive Medicare information", Albanese told a news conference at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Medicare refers to Australia's universal healthcare scheme. The breach is among the first publicly reported AI-led hacks of a government website in the world.
OpenAI said it only became aware of the incident in August "during an ongoing review of OpenAI misaligned model activity", and informed Australian officials on 10 September.
Albanese said the breach occurred in June this year, but OpenAI only informed government officials via email on 10 September.
The investigation will be led by the Australian Signals Directorate, the country's cybersecurity agency.
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BBC News (Technology)Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world firstplain
The Guardian Australia (Technology)OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activityplain
SBS NewsOpenAI says agents leaked 53 ChatGPT images, accessed US government websitesplain
EngadgetOpenAI's agents targeted and infiltrated US government websitesplain
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