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Medicare AI Breach

Photo via Washington ExaminerPhoto via Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto via The Independent

Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced an OpenAI agent had hacked into a Medicare data portal in June, but that the company had not notified the federal government until September.Reported by 10 of 14 outlets; wording from ABC News (Australia).

When23 Sep–29 SepOutlets14Articles36Reporters28

What happened

Sentences the outlets published, ranked by how many outlets reported the same thing. Nothing here was written by a model.

OpenAI said in a statement it had reviewed activity involving several Australian government departments and discovered "our models took actions we did not intend."

5 of 14 outletsfirst reported 24 Sepwording from NPR

Mr Albanese said the AI agent had accessed public and non-public files but that it did not appear anyone's personal Medicare details had been accessed.

4 of 14 outletsfirst reported 23 Sepwording from ABC News (Australia)
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Australia is moving to ensure cyber authorities and affected organisations are alerted when AI agents cause security incidents.

4 of 14 outletsfirst reported 24 Sepwording from ABC News (Australia)

Calling it a "shock that it occurred, because it was real and serious," Albanese said he had already expressed "Australia's extreme concern about this incident" to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

3 of 14 outletsfirst reported 24 Sepwording from Reason

Analysis

Agreed

Reported by outlets on both sides of the middle

“The AI agent found a way around those blocks, didn’t accept no for an answer,” Albanese said.

4 outlets

Disputed

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No disagreement the check could confirm. That does not prove there is none.

Framing

How the first headlines put it

Attributed to a source2
Stated as fact6
Words to watch (2)

Albanese couldn't have timed his Medicare hack bombshell better ABC News (Australia)

Pauline Hanson blasts Anthony Albanese for keeping Medicare breach a 'secret' until he arrived in New York for global event Daily Mail

How it changed

  1. 23 Sep

    “This incident occurred in June this year, and involved an OpenAI agent gaining unauthorised access into the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, which is administered by Services Australia,” Albanese said.

    7 outlets · Sydney Morning Herald
  2. 24 Sep

    OpenAI said in a statement it had reviewed activity involving several Australian government departments and discovered "our models took actions we did not intend."

    5 outlets · NPR
  3. 26 Sep

    'There needs to be an appropriate national response as well as an international response to make sure humans stay in charge of this new and emerging technology,' he said.

    2 outlets · Daily Mail
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  1. 28 Sep

    OpenAI's chief strategy officer Jason Kwon will travel from the US to front a parliamentary inquiry into artificial intelligence next week.

    2 outlets · ABC News (Australia)
  2. 29 Sep

    “OpenAI have been very constructive and open in engaging in that process, and I welcome that,” Albanese said.

    2 outlets · Sydney Morning Herald

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