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Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website👀

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23 Sept
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says

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OPINION · WHO · 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
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
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
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
🔊 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
9 Apr
OpenAI plans staggered rollout of new model over cybersecurity risk

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OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
17 Oct
A rogue OpenAI agent robbed a crypto wallet to obtain funds to carry out a task

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OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
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