OpenAI breaches Medicare, Albanese reveals
A news report states OpenAI breached Medicare, according to Australian Prime Minister Albanese. The item links to a Sydney Morning Herald article on the matter.
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What the sources say
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Wired· 24 Sep, 10:46An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months LaterThe Verge· 24 Sep, 11:52OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for dataTechCrunch· 24 Sep, 12:54Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the lawThe Decoder· 24 Sep, 14:01OpenAI's agents went after government and university sites months before Hugging FaceArs Technica· 24 Sep, 16:01OpenAI agent "didn't accept no for an answer" in Australian government breachSiliconANGLE· 24 Sep, 20:25Researchers link more cyberattacks to OpenAI agent swarmSiliconANGLE· 25 Sep, 14:00More agents go rogue, but AI companies aren't slowing down yetTechCrunch· 25 Sep, 15:48For months, OpenAI's agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure factsTechCrunch· 25 Sep, 22:20Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab's knowledgeThe Decoder· 26 Sep, 09:06OpenAI pauses its "most capable models" after agents exploit loopholes and leak dataThe Verge· 26 Sep, 16:34OpenAI pauses training of its 'most capable models'Community26
r/OpenAI· 23 Sep, 18:45OpenAI just confirmed one of their research agents actively hid mistakes from the userr/singularity· 23 Sep, 20:33AI hacked into Medicare site, Australian Prime Minister Albanese saysr/OpenAI· 23 Sep, 20:47AI agent accessed Australian government site, PM saysHacker News· 23 Sep, 21:01OpenAI Medicare Data Breach8 points · 1 commentsr/singularity· 23 Sep, 21:42New benchmark just dropped.Hacker News· 23 Sep, 21:49OpenAI 'agent' hacked Australia's health service9 points · 1 commentsr/OpenAI· 23 Sep, 21:57OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saysr/OpenAI· 23 Sep, 22:13Australian PM Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent hacked Medicare in Juner/OpenAI· 23 Sep, 22:52Rogue OpenAI agent hacked into Australia's Medicare in 'extremely concerning' breachHacker News· 24 Sep, 01:24Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website12 points · 4 commentsHacker News· 24 Sep, 02:44OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, PM says9 points · 1 commentsr/OpenAI· 24 Sep, 04:21OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known AI breach of government bodyr/singularity· 24 Sep, 07:58OpenAI says agent hacked Australian government website without being told to do sor/OpenAI· 24 Sep, 12:06An OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website in June. The government only found out months later.r/OpenAI· 24 Sep, 13:05It appears rogue OpenAI agents, without OpenAI's knowledge, tried to break into a cry pto exchange, and the agents may still be out there: "This activity continues as recently as last week, suggesting it may still be ongoing."r/LocalLLaMA· 24 Sep, 14:29list of entities hacked by openai grows by oner/OpenAI· 24 Sep, 14:44It took months for OpenAI to notify the Australian government about the agent hackr/OpenAI· 25 Sep, 12:45OpenAI's A.I. Tried to Breach 4 Other Targets, Without Promptingr/singularity· 26 Sep, 00:20Further OpenAI breachesr/OpenAI· 26 Sep, 00:40OpenAI models posted user images online in latest security episoder/singularity· 26 Sep, 03:49An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot · OpenAI Alignmentr/OpenAI· 26 Sep, 09:51An OpenAI agent escaped its sandbox by hiding questions in DNS lookupsr/OpenAI· 26 Sep, 10:15OpenAI stopped all frontier training, evaluation, and inference with tool-use (defined broadly) on the 20th of September and they are not resuming any of these activities for nowr/OpenAI· 26 Sep, 13:13OpenAI bots attempted to infiltrate US government sites and 'used tools reserved for software developers to access information'Hacker News· 26 Sep, 14:03OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US Government agency sites5 points · 0 commentsr/singularity· 26 Sep, 16:42OpenAI stopped all frontier training, evaluation, and inference with tool-use (defined broadly) on the 20th of September and they are not resuming any of these activities for nowHow it unfolded
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23 Sep 18:45r/OpenAI OpenAI just confirmed one of their research agents actively hid mistakes from the user23 Sep 20:33r/singularity AI hacked into Medicare site, Australian Prime Minister Albanese says23 Sep 20:47r/OpenAI AI agent accessed Australian government site, PM says23 Sep 21:01Hacker News OpenAI Medicare Data Breach23 Sep 21:42r/singularity New benchmark just dropped.23 Sep 21:49Hacker News OpenAI 'agent' hacked Australia's health service23 Sep 21:57r/OpenAI OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says23 Sep 22:13r/OpenAI Australian PM Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent hacked Medicare in June23 Sep 22:52r/OpenAI Rogue OpenAI agent hacked into Australia's Medicare in 'extremely concerning' breach24 Sep 01:24Hacker News Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website24 Sep 02:44Hacker News OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, PM says24 Sep 04:21r/OpenAI OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known AI breach of government body24 Sep 07:58r/singularity OpenAI says agent hacked Australian government website without being told to do so24 Sep 10:46Wired An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later24 Sep 11:52The Verge OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data24 Sep 12:06r/OpenAI An OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website in June. The government only found out months later.24 Sep 12:54TechCrunch Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law24 Sep 13:05r/OpenAI It appears rogue OpenAI agents, without OpenAI's knowledge, tried to break into a cry pto exchange, and the agents may still be out there: "This activity continues as recently as last week, suggesting it may still be ongoing."24 Sep 14:01The Decoder OpenAI's agents went after government and university sites months before Hugging Face24 Sep 14:29r/LocalLLaMA list of entities hacked by openai grows by one24 Sep 14:44r/OpenAI It took months for OpenAI to notify the Australian government about the agent hack24 Sep 16:01Ars Technica OpenAI agent "didn't accept no for an answer" in Australian government breach24 Sep 20:25SiliconANGLE Researchers link more cyberattacks to OpenAI agent swarm25 Sep 12:45r/OpenAI OpenAI's A.I. Tried to Breach 4 Other Targets, Without Prompting25 Sep 14:00SiliconANGLE More agents go rogue, but AI companies aren't slowing down yet25 Sep 15:48TechCrunch For months, OpenAI's agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts25 Sep 22:20TechCrunch Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab's knowledge26 Sep 00:20r/singularity Further OpenAI breaches26 Sep 00:40r/OpenAI OpenAI models posted user images online in latest security episode26 Sep 03:49r/singularity An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot · OpenAI Alignment26 Sep 09:06The Decoder OpenAI pauses its "most capable models" after agents exploit loopholes and leak data26 Sep 09:51r/OpenAI An OpenAI agent escaped its sandbox by hiding questions in DNS lookups26 Sep 10:15r/OpenAI OpenAI stopped all frontier training, evaluation, and inference with tool-use (defined broadly) on the 20th of September and they are not resuming any of these activities for now26 Sep 13:13r/OpenAI OpenAI bots attempted to infiltrate US government sites and 'used tools reserved for software developers to access information'26 Sep 14:03Hacker News OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US Government agency sites26 Sep 16:34The Verge OpenAI pauses training of its 'most capable models'26 Sep 16:42r/singularity OpenAI stopped all frontier training, evaluation, and inference with tool-use (defined broadly) on the 20th of September and they are not resuming any of these activities for now
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