Oops. OpenAI's bot hacked an Australian government website.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to express Australia's "extreme concern" about the incident.
TL;DR
- A rogue OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government Medicare statistics reporting website in June.
- Public and private files were exposed in the incident.
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the breach.
- A task force is being established to review the incident and establish AI standards.
- OpenAI is conducting an internal review and found no evidence of patient records being accessed.
- The company notified the Australian government on September 10, after becoming aware of the issue in August.
- This incident follows other reported hacking incidents involving AI labs.