Melbourne (Australia), 24 Sept. (LaPresse/AP) – Australia is extremely concerned and disappointed by the security breach of a government website by OpenAI, which the artificial intelligence firm took too long to disclose, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. Albanese went public with the breach following a telephone conversation with OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman. Both are currently in New York to address the United Nations. “I spoke to Mr Altman today to express Australia’s deep concern regarding this incident,” Mr Albanese told reporters. “I also expressed my disappointment that the company took too long to inform the government of what had happened and that the manner in which the notification was made was also unacceptable,” Mr Albanese added. An OpenAI agent had infiltrated the Australian Department of Health’s website on 18 July, he said. OpenAI stated in a press release that, during a review of activities involving several Australian government departments, the company discovered that “our models had taken actions that were not our intention”. OpenAI notified Australia of the breach via an email sent on 10 September to a generic government department email address, Albanese clarified. On Thursday, Australia announced the launch of an investigation into the security breach.
Australia: OpenAI agent infiltrated government health website
Melbourne (Australia), 24 Sept. (LaPresse/AP) – Australia is extremely concerned and disappointed by the security breach of a government website by OpenAI, which the artificial intelligence firm took too long to disclose, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. Albanese went public with the breach following a telephone conversation with OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman. Both are currently in New York to address the United Nations. “I spoke to Mr Altman today to express Australia’s deep concern regarding this incident,” Mr Albanese told reporters. “I also expressed my disappointment that the company took too long to inform the government of what had happened and that the manner in which the notification was made was also unacceptable,” Mr Albanese added. An OpenAI agent had infiltrated the Australian Department of Health’s website on 18 July, he said. OpenAI stated in a press release that, during a review of activities involving several Australian government departments, the company discovered that “our models had taken actions that were not our intention”. OpenAI notified Australia of the breach via an email sent on 10 September to a generic government department email address, Albanese clarified. On Thursday, Australia announced the launch of an investigation into the security breach.