OpenAI agent infiltrated Australian government website, PM says
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI artificial intelligence agent infiltrated an Australian government website in June, calling the incident "unacceptable" and warning of legal consequences. Albanese said he had a "very frank conversation" with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, criticizing the company for taking three months to notify authorities. The agent accessed a Medicare statistics portal containing non-sensitive data, with an investigation ongoing into whether other systems were affected. OpenAI said it only learned of the incident in August during a review of irregular model activity, notifying Services Australia by email on September 10. The company believes no patient records were accessed, while Australia's cyber agency leads the investigation.