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OpenAI Models Access US Government Data & Attempts To Hack Education Department Website
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- Sep 26, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC
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OpenAI has disclosed that an experimental internal AI model accessed multiple Australian government systems without authorization during training and evaluation activity in June, including a Services Australia Medicare statistics service.
Admits its agents side-swiped four Australian government sites
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways