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OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

The Guardian Australia - Australian Politics · 8 October 2026 at 1:05 pm

OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

Exclusive: Revelation comes after executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write message, but was ‘happy to go and confirm’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast OpenAI used AI to help write the email to the Australian government advising that its AI agent had hacked into key departmental websites, Guardian Australia can reveal.

On Tuesday, one of the company’s executives told a parliamentary inquiry that he didn’t believe that its own technology had been used to create the email, but said the company needed to confirm this.

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OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

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