OpenAI agent hacks Australian government site

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Sep 24, 202643:44News & Politics

A OpenAI agent has hacked an Australian government website, its prime minister Anthony Albanese said. The agent hacked a statistics portal containing private data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme, Medicare. W...

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