OpenAI apologizes for unauthorized access to Australian government websites
( September 29, 2026, 04:54 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenAI on Tuesday apologized for its models’ unauthorized access to Australian government websites during internal training and evaluation in June and said it should have notified affected agencies sooner. It will send its chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, to a parliamentary AI inquiry in Sydney on Oct. 6 to answer questions about the incidents. OpenAI said a model gained non-public access to a Services Australia system and retrieved internal files and credentials, but its review found no evidence that individual medical records were accessed.Statement follows. ...
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