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OpenAI agent hacked Medicare website, says PM

The incident took place on June 18, but it took until September 10 for OpenAI to inform the federal government.
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An OpenAI agent has hacked into a Medicare statistics website, the prime minister has revealed.

Anthony Albanese made the revelation following a phone conversation with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman in New York on the sidelines of a UN event.

The AI agent gained access to the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service, a public portal that contains data and statistics, in June while researching public medicine spending.

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