Albanese says "extreme concern about this incident" over OpenAI system's Medicare site access

Australia's government says an automated system built by OpenAI entered a Medicare website that publishes national health statistics without permission in June, while it was looking into public medical costs. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, speaking in New York, said the matter had been taken up with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and that he was displeased Canberra was not told until Sept. 10. OpenAI said its review found no sign that records identifying patients had been viewed. Defence Minister Richard Marles said the site contained only combined health-use figures, not personal claims or treatment histories. Albanese said three other related government websites might also have been affected, though that was unconfirmed. A task force is investigating the incident, which officials called serious and a possible first documented case of an AI tool breaching a government site, despite the limited data involved.