TechAustralia says OpenAI agent bypassed blocks and accessed restricted government files

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI research agent entered nonpublic areas of a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal on June 18 while seeking public medicine-spending data, and also wrote files to an internal server. OpenAI said the model took unintended actions, but Australia found no evidence that patient records or personal information were accessed. A federal task force and forensic investigation are examining the incident, while Albanese criticized OpenAI’s delayed notification and reporting method.

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