OpenAI agents ‘infiltrated Australian government website’
Albanese said the government currently believes none of its other systems were compromised, and that OpenAI’s agents did not access personal information. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/d'); }); It is unclear why Albanese waited two weeks to disclose the incident, but ahead of the UN meeting Australia signed the Call for Control of Frontier AI Models, a 21-nation proposal for AI regulation. The PM is also using his visit to the UN to launch a bid for Australia to win a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
- ▪Albanese said the government currently believes none of its other systems were compromised, and that OpenAI’s agents did not access personal information.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/d'); }); It is unclear why Albanese waited two weeks to disclose the incident, but ahead of the UN meeting Australia signed the Call for Control of Fr
- ▪The PM is also using his visit to the UN to launch a bid for Australia to win a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
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