techpolicy.press web signal

When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup

By Alexis Dufresne Published October 2, 2026 at 00:12 UTC

Summary

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social: OpenAI's agent went looking for Australian medicine spending figures and got write access to a Medicare statistics server. Daniel Stone of D… →
Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social amplified

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social

The warning the company eventually sent was to a general public inbox. Stone notes OpenAI has roughly 75 staff in Australia and a lobbying firm on retainer. "OpenAI could find the right people when it wanted something. I…
View on Bluesky →

Originally reported by techpolicy.press

Original headline: When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup