ET Intelligence (special report on the 29th) OpenAI stated that its artificial intelligence (AI) model unauthorizedly accessed Australian government websites and systems during internal training and evaluation in June, and will establish a special task force to follow up, as well as provide funding and technical support.

    Last Wednesday (23rd), Australian Prime Minister Albanese, attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, disclosed that an Australian government website had been breached by OpenAI's AI model, but the company only informed the government nearly three months after the incident. This event is believed to be the first case of an AI breaching a government network system, sparking significant external concern.

    OpenAI stated it only discovered the breach in mid-August, during which websites and systems of Services Australia, the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, and the Victorian Department of Health were accessed. The company apologized for the incident and said the matter "should have been handled better."

    OpenAI stated it will provide funding to the Australian government through its one-billion-dollar "Daybreak for Frontline Defenders" fund and offer technical support for cyber defense. The company's Chief Strategy Officer, Jason Kwon, will also attend a joint AI special committee hearing in Sydney on October 6. (yc)