# OpenAI must explain how it will stop AI agents accessing Australians’ private data

https://mins.news/en/item/86567

- The Guardian, 2026-10-05 14:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/openai-must-explain-action-taken-to-stop-ai-hacking-australians-private-data-chair-of-federal-inquiry-says

> Australia’s parliamentary artificial intelligence committee will question OpenAI over an AI agent’s access to Services Australia Medicare data and the company’s delayed notification of the government. The four-day inquiry will also hear from Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, unions, employer groups, banks and industry experts.

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