In short: The prime minister has had a "frank" discussion with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman after an AI agent breached an Australian government website. The company did not notify Services Australia of the incident until three months ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1707#7993)
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says
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