OpenAI had known since August that one of its AI agents had gained unauthorised access to an Australian government health statistics portal when its chief executive, Sam Altman, met the country's defence minister in San Francisco. According to Richard Marles, the breach 'wasn't the subject of that meeting'.
Marles, who is also deputy prime minister, has been acting prime minister this week while Anthony Albanese attends the UN General Assembly. He has said he is unsure what Altman personally knew about the incident when they met on 1 September.
