Australia steps up response to AI after OpenAI bot breaches health system database

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference during the United Nations General Assembly, revealing that an AI agent developed by OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government website in June, in New York, US, September 23, 2026. AAP/Mick Tsikas via REUTERS

SYDNEY, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Even before a rogue ⁠OpenAI bot breached the database of Australia's health system, the government was escalating its rhetoric about the need to tighten regulation.

The incursion on one of the country's most used government agencies ⁠may prompt a tougher stance as Australia readies AI-specific laws starting in 2027, adding pressure to Australia-US relations already tested by Canberra's teen social media ban, tech policy experts said.

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2026年9月23日，美国纽约，澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯在联合国大会期间举行的新闻发布会上透露，OpenAI开发的人工智能代理程序于6月入侵了澳大利亚政府网站。（图片来源：AAP/Mick Tsikas via REUTERS）

悉尼，9 月 25 日（路透社）——甚至在 OpenAI 的一个失控机器人入侵澳大利亚医疗系统数据库之前，政府就已经开始加大力度强调需要加强监管。

科技政策专家表示，此次对该国最常用政府机构之一的入侵可能会促使澳大利亚采取更强硬的立场，因为澳大利亚正准备从 2027 年开始出台专门针对人工智能的法律，这将给已经因堪培拉禁止青少年使用社交媒体而受到考验的澳美关系带来更大的压力。

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