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An OpenAI spokesperson confirms that its models did access internal Australian government files, but say that it was only "aggregate health statistics and internal file names."

They say the hack happened in June, was discovered in August, and they reported it Sept 10

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"As we've shared publicly, OpenAI is conducting an extensive review of misaligned model activity during training and evaluation and notifying third parties when our review identifies potential impacts to their systems.

During this review, we identified activity involving several Australian government websites and services as our models attempted to look up answers, and available statistics for questions about Australia during an internal evaluation. In the course of that, our models took actions we did not intend.

Our review found no evidence of patient rec[obscured by a "Copy image" button overlay]ccessed. The information accessed included aggregate health statistics and internal file names. We notified the organisations and are providing technical information to support their investigations and help address potential security vulnerabilities. Our overall review is ongoing, and we remain committed to transparency about these issues and to sharing what we learn as that work continues." - OpenAI spokesperson

Background on timing:

• Timeline for this notification:
   o The recorded activity occurred in June, however we weren't aware of this until August during an ongoing review of OpenAI misaligned model activity.
   o We notified Services Australia on 10 September

   o During that time, we were validating and investigating the facts and what information had been accessed.

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