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24 Sept
The country's prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law. www.wired.com/story/openai...

The country's prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.

OPINION · WHO · WiredOPEN 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 Anthony Albanese said.

REPORT · WHO · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
23 Sept
Rogue OpenAI agent hacked into Australia's Medicare in 'extremely concerning' breach

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OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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
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
12 Oct
In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

OPINION · WHAT · MIT Technology ReviewOPEN STORY
5 Oct
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI&#8217;s &#8216;rogue&#8217; bots may be linked to a May outage

Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN 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
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