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Australia reveals OpenAI agent breached government health website

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Events of this story

How the story spread

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Who wrote first

  1. Asia and Oceania The Economic Times
  2. USA The Verge
  3. Russia 3DNews
  4. Middle East Arab News
  5. Europe BBC
  6. Russian-language media abroad BBC Russkaya sluzhba
  7. China SCMP
  8. Ukraine Euromaidan Press
  9. Canada The Globe and Mail
  10. Africa Daily Maverick (South Africa)
  11. Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia News.am (Armeniya)

How it is reported

Russia less than usual

3DNews translate
“Rates are rising”: OpenAI will allow third-party reviewers earlier in AI model development
TASS translate
Leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI and Hugging Face invited to UN Security Council meeting on AI
TASS translate
OpenAI will provide Kyiv with an AI-based cybersecurity system
TASS translate
OpenAI head warned about the acceleration of AI development and loss of control over it
TASS translate
Head of Anthropic outlined three steps towards establishing AI standards
Kommersant translate
OpenAI will provide Ukraine access to an AI-based cybersecurity system
Vedomosti translate
OpenAI head Altman warned of the risks of rapid AI development
Lenta.ru translate
OpenAI will provide Kyiv with access to its cybersecurity program
RBC translate
OpenAI provides Ukraine with Daybreak cyber defense program
Kommersant translate
OpenAI's AI agent hacked Australian government website on its own

Russian-language media abroad

BBC Russkaya sluzhba translate
OpenAI to provide Ukraine with cyber defense tools
Meduza translate
OpenAI AI agents hacked the Australian Ministry of Health's website. This is the first such case of hacking government structures
BBC Russkaya sluzhba translate
AI agent OpenAI hacked the Australian government website. Why does this incident cause such alarm?
DW na russkom translate
AI agent from OpenAI hacked a government website with health insurance data in Australia
Meduza translate
OpenAI stopped training its models for the second time in three months after a new incident with the release of agents out of control

Ukraine less than usual

Euromaidan Press
OpenAI hands Ukraine a free AI system to guard its hospitals and power plants from hackers
RBK-Ukraina translate
AI-assistant OpenAI spontaneously went online to contact another chatbot
RBK-Ukraina translate
OpenAI has suspended the training of its AI models because of security, - Axios
Zerkalo nedeli translate
OpenAI suspended training of the latest models of artificial intelligence due to the unpredictable behavior of AI agents
Zerkalo nedeli translate
Leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic summoned to the Australian Senate in connection with the investigation related to AI

Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia

News.am (Armeniya) translate
Artificial intelligence hacks Australian government website
News.am (Armeniya) translate
NYT: AI agents of OpenAI without the knowledge of the company attacked the websites of US government agencies
Report.az (Azerbaydzhan) translate
AI from OpenAI broke into the Internet to find out the capital of France
Report.az (Azerbaydzhan) translate
Axios: OpenAI has suspended the training of the most effective AI models
Kursiv (Kazakhstan) translate
OpenAI’s AI agents are getting out of control
Zerkalo (Belarus) translate
AI was able to get lost on the sites of the US government. The company-creator of the chat GPT has stopped training its latest models
News.am (Armeniya) translate
Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called for hearings in Australia after hacking government sites with AI agents

USA

The Verge
OpenAI wants to consult elite mathematicians about how to not fumble again
NYT
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
NPR
OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke
NYT
Australia Investigates OpenAI Hack on Public Health Care Site
The Verge
OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data 
TechCrunch
Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law
CBS News
Australia's prime minister slams OpenAI after its agent hacked government website
CBS News
Australia says rogue OpenAI model hacked into its healthcare system
TechCrunch
For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts
NYT
How OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector

Canada

The Globe and Mail
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website, accessed files
The Globe and Mail
OpenAI agent hacks into an Australian government site
Global News (Canada)
OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehavior disclosure
CityNews Toronto
OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways
CityNews Toronto
Anthropic and OpenAI sound the alarm on AI safety – and seek to shape how it’s controlled

Europe

BBC
OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine
The Guardian
Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare
The Guardian
Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed “extreme concern” to Sam Altman
France 24
OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government website, PM says
BBC
OpenAI agent “infiltrated” Australian government website, PM says
BBC
OpenAI and Anthropic bosses push UN for global terms on AI
BBC
US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards
Nature
AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters
POLITICO Europe
OpenAI model breaches Australian government websites
The Conversation
An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare. Will anyone be held responsible?

China less than usual

SCMP
Australia slams “unacceptable” OpenAI breach of government health portal
CGTN
OpenAI breach of Australian healthcare unacceptable: Deputy PM

Asia and Oceania more than usual

The Economic Times
OpenAI wants US to lead global AI standards
Channel NewsAsia
Australia says OpenAI agent breached government health data portal
Channel NewsAsia
Australia PM Albanese says OpenAI breached Medicare, the Sydney Morning Herald reports
Channel NewsAsia
Australia PM Albanese says OpenAI agent breached government website in June
SBS News (Australia)
“At a crossroads”: Key takeaways from OpenAI and Anthropic bosses' UN speeches
Japan Times
OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, Albanese says
The Economic Times
OpenAI hacks Australian govt's health website
Nikkei Asia
Australia reveals OpenAI agent breached government health website
SBS News (Australia)
What we do and don't know about the OpenAI hack on Medicare
The Economic Times
OpenAI data breach latest in long list of hacks in Australia

Middle East

Arab News
New standards aim to improve AI training
Al Jazeera
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs call for global AI regulation at UN
Al Jazeera
Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal
Al Jazeera
OpenAI CEO: Tech companies don’t “have all the answers” on AI policy
Al Jazeera
How an OpenAI “agent” hacked Australia’s Medicare and what that means
Al Jazeera
OpenAI agents hack Australian government health data
The National (UAE)
OpenAI “will face legal consequences” after hack, Australia’s PM says
Anadolu Agency
OpenAI notifies dozens of governments, universities after AI models breach security controls
The Jerusalem Post
OpenAI works to understand full scope of agent activity as user data leak emerges
Gulf News
OpenAI's AI agents crossed the line on US government websites. Here's what happened

Africa

Daily Maverick (South Africa)
OpenAI to preview GPT-6 Cyber within days, Fortune reports
Punch (Nigeria)
OpenAI says AI agents mistakenly posted ChatGPT users’ images online
Nation (Kenya)
OpenAI works to understand full scope of agent activity as user data leak emerges
Vanguard (Nigeria)
OpenAI admits AI agents posted ChatGPT users’ images online in error
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe

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Russia (54 of the usual ~87), Ukraine (5 of the usual ~16), China (2 of the usual ~10)

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