How OpenAI agents tried to thwart cybersecurity amid Medicare hack
News Source : ABC News (AU)
News Summary
- OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data.
- Researchers say it appears to be part of the first reported instance of AI agents hacking a government website.
- The activity happened around the same time OpenAI said its models accessed non-public Medicare statistics, but the company and government are yet to confirm the incidents are connected.
- It follows revelations announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this morning that OpenAI's AI agents had also accessed Medicare statistics.
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