Telephone call from Australian PM to CEO Sam Altman ‘reminds’ OpenAI to say ‘sorry’ 90-plus days after its AI Agents hacked government’s medical data website
ChatGPT maker OpenAI took more than 90 days to apologise for its AI models gaining unauthorised access to an Australian government website. The apology comes after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese raised the incident directly with the company’s CEO Sam Altman last week. During the call, Albanese expressed Australia’s “extreme concern” and criticised OpenAI for taking too long to inform the government.
The company has now acknowledged that it mishandled its response and said: “We also should have handled our response better.
