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Update · 11:54 am AEST · 24 September 2026

Gallagher says OpenAI model accessed Australian public websites during training

By The Financial Register

SPEAKER: Katie Gallagher, Minister for Government Services

Katie Gallagher, the Minister for Government Services, said an AI model undergoing training by OpenAI accessed public websites in Australia in June of this year.

The sites accessed were the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Victorian Department of Health, the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, and the Medicare Statistics Portal of Services Australia, Gallagher said.

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