OpenAI agent breached Australian health site, PM calls it unacceptable

An OpenAI AI agent infiltrated an Australian government website in June, accessing public and non-public health statistics files, an incident Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called "clearly unacceptable." He said the government was only notified on September 10 via a generic email address. Albanese expressed Australia's serious concern to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, criticizing the company for taking too long to report the breach. OpenAI acknowledged its models targeted multiple Australian government sites and took unintended actions, though it believes no personal information was accessed. Investigations continue under the Australian Signals Directorate. The incident follows a series of autonomous hacking episodes by advanced AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's Gemini. Industry leaders, including Altman, have since acknowledged the technology requires "extreme attention," with Anthropic's CEO even pledging to unilaterally slow development.