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FRANCE 24

OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government website, PM says

OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024.
File photo: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken on May 20, 2024. © Dado Ruvic, Reuters

An AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to an Australian government website in June, accessing public and non-public files in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as the first known case of an AI agent hacking a government system.

An autonomous OpenAI program infiltrated an Australian government health website in June in an "unacceptable" breach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

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