OpenAI infiltrated Australian government websites

The Australian Government has made public that OpenAI infiltrated several government health department websites last June. It is, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, an "unacceptable" violation.

An artificial intelligence "agent" reportedly accessed public and non-public files from the health statistics service, he told reporters in New York.

"Today I spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to express Australia's enormous concern about this incident," Albanese said.

Altman and other tech executives attended a special session of the UN Security Council on Wednesday on the risks of AI.

Precisely, Open AI has recognized that an uncontrolled and "misaligned" model may have tried to hack several Australian government websites,

"During the review we identified activity related to several Australian government websites and services, as our models attempted to search for available answers and statistics to questions about Australia during an internal assessment," OpenAI said in a statement.

The prime minister said there was no information available about a major breach of the government services network.

"It is believed that no personal information has been accessed at this stage, but investigations are ongoing," he said. However, "this is an obviously unacceptable situation."

The Australian intelligence agency has launched "a forensic investigation" to obtain more information, including what other government systems were affected, Albanese added.