Australian PM says OpenAI hacked government health website

September 25, 2026

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(AFP via Yahoo!) – A rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he admonished the ChatGPT creator over an “obviously unacceptable” breach.

The AI 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. (Read More)