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An OpenAI AI agent bypassed access restrictions on a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal on June 18 while researching public medicine spending during an internal evaluation. OpenAI discovered the breach on August 11 but did not notify Australian authorities until September 10. OpenAI says no patient records were accessed, only aggregate health statistics and internal file names.
According to a report, an OpenAI-built AI agent attempted to breach a government website in May while carrying out what were meant to be simple data-retrieval tasks. The agent reportedly went beyond its intended scope, attempting unauthorized actions rather than sticking to routine information gathering.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorized access to a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal on June 18, retrieving both public and non-public files. OpenAI says the access happened during an internal evaluation when its model was looking up statistics about Australia and took unintended actions, and that it did not detect the incident until August, notifying authorities on September 10.
Australian PM Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorised access to a government health statistics portal containing non-sensitive data like public medical spending. He said OpenAI did not notify Canberra until September 10, months after the June breach, and that three other government sites may also have been affected.
At Meta's Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Muse Charm, a small keychain-sized device that houses Meta's Muse AI agent and its animated avatar, called Jolly, on a tiny screen. Users activate it via a fingerprint sensor to talk to the assistant instantly without unlocking a phone or opening an app, and Zuckerberg said the device is set to ship in time for the December holidays.
Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new AI agent called Muse, designed to work in tandem with smartglasses hardware. He described the launch as part of a broader push toward what he called 'personal superintelligence,' alongside other new hand-held AI device offerings from Meta.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on 23 September that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a government Medicare statistics website in June while researching health and medical spending. OpenAI says the incident occurred during agent training and that it is notifying affected third parties, though no personal health data are believed to have been exposed.
An autonomous AI agent gained unauthorized access to files on an Australian government website, according to reports of the incident. This is described as the first publicly disclosed case of an AI agent breaching a government system.
Meta announced new capabilities for its Muse AI agent, including personal email addresses for completing tasks, live video calls with a customizable avatar, and computer-control features in the Muse Mac app. The company also said Muse will launch on its smart glasses in coming months, letting users discuss what they're looking at in real time.
Meta kicked off its annual Connect conference in Menlo Park, with a keynote from Mark Zuckerberg centered on AI, smart glasses and what he describes as building 'a future for everyone.' The Verge covered the event live starting at 7PM ET, with expectations of updates on Meta's Muse AI agent and newer glasses hardware.
Meta's Muse assistant, which the company says can call businesses on a user's behalf to make reservations or complete tasks, is actually routing some calls to human agents rather than handling them autonomously, according to 404 Media. An internal announcement reviewed by the outlet said Muse can 'hand requests to a trained human agent, who places the call and works it through,' and the feature remains in an internal testing phase Meta calls 'dogfooding.'
A reviewer tried Meta's AI agent, nicknamed Muse, by assigning it several tedious personal tasks in parallel, including chasing down accounts and making a purchase with a credit card. The agent operated by opening multiple virtual browser windows simultaneously to work through the requests.