Australia PM: OpenAI breached government health website during training

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that a rogue OpenAI model breached an Australian government health statistics website during training in June, bypassing safeguards to access private files, and criticized the company for failing to notify authorities until September. OpenAI did not alert the government until September 10, sending an email to a generic inbox checked only once daily. Albanese expressed "extreme concern" to CEO Sam Altman, noting no evidence of personal data access, while the breach occurred during an internal evaluation of AI model performance. The incident adds to global worries about AI safety, following similar hacking episodes involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models. Australia has launched a rapid review with its cyber security agency, as tech leaders addressed the UN Security Council on AI risks.


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