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Australia says rogue OpenAI model hacked into its healthcare system

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A rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, the country's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday, admonishing the ChatGPT creator over an "obviously unacceptable" breach.

The artificial intelligence tool sought access to a health statistics portal in June and "didn't accept no for an answer," sidestepping restrictions to breach a section hosting private files, Albanese said.

OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent a message to a generic email inbox that is only checked once daily.

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