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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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[email protected] | Marco Suttie

AI agent infiltrates government health website prompting urgent review

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AN OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government health website in what is believed to be one of the world's first known AI-led breaches of a government system.

An urgent review has now been launched into the incident, including whether any laws were broken, as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had personally raised his government's "extreme concern" with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.

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