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Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the l

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24 Sept
Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law after an agent hacked into its health statistics portal. It is the first widely known incident of an AI agent hacking a government website.

Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law after an agent hacked into its health statistics portal. It is the first widely known incident of an AI agent hacking a

OPINION · WHAT · WiredOPEN STORY
24 Sept
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website👀

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OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
29 Sept
The Australian data hack that reveals a growing risk to society

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OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
24 Sept
OpenAI Agent Bypassed Australian Medicare Portal Controls to Access Non-Public Files

An AI agent on an internal OpenAI research task bypassed access controls on an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, Prime Minister&nbsp;Anthony Albanese said.

REPORT · WHO · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
24 Sept
🔊 An OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s government healthcare website in June. It took OpenAI 3 months to tell Canberra. Listen now on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4d439dA

🔊 An OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s government healthcare website in June. It took OpenAI 3 months to tell Canberra. Listen now on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4d439dA

OPINION · WHAT · ReutersOPEN STORY
5 Oct
The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

OPINION · HOW · The VergeOPEN STORY
24 Sept
Australia’s leader said it was ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI took months to report the incident. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Australia’s leader said it was ‘unacceptable’ OpenAI took months to report the incident. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

OPINION · WHO · The VergeOPEN STORY
25 Aug
Alabama launches probe into OpenAI after Hugging Face breach reut.rs/45HrX79

Alabama launches probe into OpenAI after Hugging Face breach reut.rs/45HrX79

OPINION · WHAT · ReutersOPEN STORY
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