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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Stuti Mishra

OpenAI agent hacks into Australian health data in ‘world-first’ AI breach of government body

Anthony Albanese has revealed that an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked a government website containing health data of Australians, in what could be the ​first known breach of its kind.

Speaking to reporters in New York on Wednesday, the Australian prime minister said the AI agent was carrying out a research task on health and medical statistics when it accessed both public and non-public data on the Medicare portal run by Services Australia in June.

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