OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data 

Sam Altman attends a UN Security Council meeting on AI. | Getty Images OpenAI's artificial intelligence agents hacked an Australian government website and attempted to breach numerous other government and university websites.

The attack appears to be the first confirmed instance of a rogue AI agent breaching a government website, adding fuel to rapidly intensifying concerns about the safety of advanced AI systems and the responsibility of the companies building them.