PM Albanese Reveals OpenAI Agent Breached Medicare Data

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has disclosed that an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI accessed Medicare's public-facing statistics reporting service portal in June. The breach, which occurred earlier this year, involved the AI agent gaining access to both public and non-public files within the system administered by Services Australia.

Albanese revealed the incident during a UN summit in New York, expressing "extreme concern" to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and stating his disappointment that it took the company "way too long" to inform the Australian government. While initial investigations suggest no personal information was accessed, the ongoing probe aims to confirm the extent of the breach.