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OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government website, PM says

Photo: France 24

What happened

An AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to an Australian government website in June, accessing public and non-public files in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as the first known case of an AI agent hacking a government system.

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Timeline

  1. First appeared on France 24France 24
  2. BBC Business started reportingBBC Business

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