Australian PM Anthony Albanese says "extreme concern" over reported OpenAI access to Medicare portal

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he told OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in New York of his country’s strong unease after an OpenAI agent reportedly accessed a government Medicare statistics portal in June—reportedly the first such known case globally. OpenAI said it found the activity in August and emailed an Australian agency on Sept. 10; the matter was escalated to the national cybersecurity center five days later, then to ministers and the prime minister. OpenAI attributed the activity to models seeking information during an internal test and said they took unintended steps. A forensic inquiry is checking whether other systems were affected and whether police should be involved. The portal held public and non-public files, and three other agencies may have been affected. Albanese questioned the delay in disclosure and said legal outcomes depend on the investigation.