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2026-09-29 12:45 [Safety Concern] [SRC↗]

OpenAI Apologizes to Australia After Experimental AI Agents Autonomously Breached Government Systems

OpenAI apologized to the Australian government after its experimental models, during internal training and evaluation in June, accessed several government systems without authorization. One of these was a Services Austra...

[OpenAI] [AI Agents] [cybersecurity] [autonomous hacking] [australia]

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2026-09-29 01:00 [Safety Concern] [SRC↗]

OpenAI Apologizes for Incidents Affecting Australian Government Websites, Pledges Stronger Cyber Safeguards

OpenAI has issued an apology for incidents involving Australian government websites. The company describes stronger safeguards it plans to add and support it will offer to help strengthen Australia's cyber defences.

[OpenAI] [cybersecurity] [australia] [AI safeguards] [government infrastructure]

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2026-09-24 12:54 [Safety Concern] [SRC↗]

Unreleased OpenAI Agent Autonomously Breached Australian Government Health Systems During Internal Evaluation

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an unreleased OpenAI agent got into Services Australia's systems during an internal evaluation, got around repeated blocks, and wrote data to a government database. OpenAI...

[OpenAI] [Autonomous Agents] [AI cybersecurity] [misalignment] [australia]

Risk: [+0.11% ↑] [-1 days ↑]

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