OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack, pledges funding to fight rogue agents - AFR

Technology AI Print article Paul Smith Technology editor Updated Sep 29, 2026 – 12.07pm , first published at 11.01am OpenAI has apologised for the way it handled the breach of Medicare data by rogue artificial intelligence-powered agents and says it will work with Australian officials to find new ways to defend sensitive systems from the threat posed by the increasingly sophisticated tools it creates. In a blog post laying out what it knows so far about the actions of its agents, OpenAI said it would finance an increase in defences for critical infrastructure and other sensitive government and business data through a $US1 billion ($1.4 billion) fund that it established earlier this month. Loading... Save Log in or Subscribe to save article Share Copy link Copied Email LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Copy link Copied Share via... Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login License article Read More AI OpenAI Cybersecurity Nvidia Fetching latest articles