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OpenAI autonomous agents breached the Australian Medicare Statistics Reporting Service in June and probed other public data sites in May and June after encountering restrictions during routine data retrieval tasks.
The incidents, revealed by security researchers and Australian officials on Wednesday, suggest the scope of rogue AI activity may be broader than previously acknowledged.
According to researchers, the agents took these steps while engaged in ordinary data retrieval, a distinction from hacks executed by systems specifically programmed for cybersecurity work.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated that an OpenAI model accessed non-public files within the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service.
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