Politics / Sydney, NSW

OpenAI apologises for AI models that breached Australian government websites

SBS News

29 Sept 2026 12:54 AEST Summary

From the report

OpenAI apologised on Tuesday for not properly responding to a security incident involving its artificial intelligence models accessing Australian government websites without authorisation.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

SBS News OpenAI apologises for AI models that breached Australian government websites plain
SBS News OpenAI says agents leaked 53 ChatGPT images, accessed US government websites plain
ABC News OpenAI apologises for Medicare breach, shelves next gen ChatGPT plain
7NEWS OpenAI apologises for breaching Medicare-linked government website plain
The Age OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack plain

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How it is written

Niral Score 5.7 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, political diction and 2 more and 4 at zero

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government4websites4artificial3breach3company3intelligence3models3accessed2authorisation2blog2confirmed2incident2internal2model2post2prime2systems2

Sentiment -0.0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 A story about politics, written without coded language Sourcing 67 unattributednamed sources Mood 52.4 sorrowjoyful

4 read zero: generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, WAtoday. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
SBS Newsas they published this story	5.7	1	67	-0.0	52.4
SBS News	11.9	25	83	-0.2	49.3
ABC News	7.8	8	82	0.1	50.5
7NEWS	8.5	11	80	0.1	49

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The same event elsewhere

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SBS News OpenAI says agents leaked 53 ChatGPT images, accessed US government websites Niral 11.9 · mostly calm political 0 ABC News OpenAI apologises for Medicare breach, shelves next gen ChatGPT Niral 7.8 · calm political 0 7NEWS OpenAI apologises for breaching Medicare-linked government website Niral 8.5 · calm political 0 The Age OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack Niral 3.1 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack Niral 3.1 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack Niral 3.1 · calm political 0 WAtoday OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack Niral 3.1 · calm political 0