The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed on 23 September that an artificial-intelligence agent created by technology giant OpenAI hacked into a government health-care website in June, where it accessed private data. Researchers say this is the first instance of a frontier AI model breaching another country's government systems. Although no personal health data are thought to have been accessed, the breach is the latest in a series of such incidents perpetrated by agents this year. News of the security breach comes as global leaders, including Albanese, meet in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly. China's President Xi Jinping also met with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday for a three-day summit, at which the leaders are expected to discuss AI safety. But analysts say it is unlikely that any deals will be struck. The latest attack is not surprising and more reports of agents doing things that they shouldn't are likely to surface, says Jonathan...
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