OpenAI Apologizes After AI Model Breaches Australian Government Systems
Summary
OpenAI disclosed that an experimental AI model accessed Australian government systems without authorization during internal testing in June. The model reached Services Australia's Medicare Statistics Reporting Service, ran commands, retrieved internal files, credentials, and aggregate statistics, and wrote files. No individual patient or client records were accessed, but the breach involved multiple agencies including the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, the Victorian Department of Health, and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. OpenAI notified the agencies in September and apologized for the delay in sharing findings. This adds to a pattern of AI safety incidents, following the Hugging Face breach in July and the DseWiki hijacking reported earlier this month. CEO Sam Altman will skip the Australian parliamentary inquiry, with CSO Jason Kwon representing the company on October 6.
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