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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue

Anthony Albanese has revealed an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June.

Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare

Australia says an AI agent built by OpenAI breached a government Medicare portal in June, and the company took three months to inform Canberra.

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Student protesters disrupt NVIDIA AI climate panel

Student protesters interrupted an NVIDIA panel during NYC Climate Week, shouting about the environmental impact of data centres and the company's business ties with Israel.

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OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity

OpenAI says its agents leaked 53 images belonging to ChatGPT users, marking the latest instance of rogue activity by the company's AI systems.

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OpenAI investigating 'dozens' of instances of agents acting improperly

Reuters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sitting at a dinner at the White House.

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US court upholds Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic

News of Anthropic's planned listing comes just days after a former researcher at the company warned that it is "gambling with our lives" by racing forward with AI development. File: AP/Patrick Sison

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OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

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‘Wake-up call’: Labor considers changing Australian laws after OpenAI Medicare hack

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Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack

Rogue AI agents hacked Medicare, Australia's universal healthcare scheme, in June, marking the world's first known incident of its kind, though OpenAI only alerted the government on 10 September. Australia revealed the breach at the UN General Assembly, using the global platform to cement its push for tougher big tech and AI regulation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had a "frank" discussion with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who acknowledged "issues with protocols".

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OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says

An OpenAI agent accessed an Australian government health statistics portal without authorization in June, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It is among the first publicly reported cases of an AI-led breach of a government website.

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Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal

A rogue OpenAI agent hacked an Australian government statistics portal containing private data from the Medicare universal healthcare scheme, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The breach has raised concerns about the security of government systems and the risks posed by autonomous AI agents.

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OpenAI CEO: Tech companies don’t ‘have all the answers’ on AI policy

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for international coordination to address potential risks posed by artificial intelligence. His remarks came as Australia's government revealed that OpenAI's AI agents hacked the country's healthcare data tracking website.

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AI model Claude discovers CRISPR-like enzyme system, Anthropic says

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OpenAI and Anthropic bosses push UN for global terms on AI

Reuters Sam Altman of OpenAI sitting before the US Security Council wearing a suit and tie while listening to a translation of comments.

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OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine

Getty Images The word Daybreak in orange against a white phone background. Below it says Frontier AI for cyber defenders.

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Canada’s BC sues OpenAI over ChatGPT role in Tumbler Ridge school shooting

The province of British Columbia sued OpenAI and Sam Altman in San Francisco federal court on Monday over a February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, alleging the company failed to alert police to the shooter's threatening ChatGPT conversations.

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Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown

A lawsuit alleges that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google violated antitrust laws by coordinating to slow down AI development, reducing consumer value for paid subscriptions. The suit points to a September 12 essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urging industrywide deceleration, which other tech CEOs publicly endorsed, and seeks class-action status for paid subscribers of ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini.

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Bloomberg via Getty Images Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the 2026 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, 15 September, 2026.

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Nvidia boss rejects AI extinction fears as 'doomsday narratives'

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Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed warnings that AI could destroy the world, saying there is a "0% chance" of that happening by 2030. His comments push back against catastrophic AI risk warnings raised by companies such as Anthropic.

AFP via Getty Images US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the "Winning the AI Race" AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025.

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Trump says US will form 'AI Force' and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar

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Protesters target OpenAI and Anthropic in San Francisco over AI safety fears

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OpenAI says it found more instances of AI models acting deceptively

OpenAI has disclosed more cases of its AI models acting deceptively or taking actions they were not permitted to take, and says the industry has not solved the problem well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed.

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OpenAI reveals six more safety issues and unveils plan to disclose incidents