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NSW premier Chris Minns says OpenAI agents may have also accessed information held by the state’s Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Minns said he was first alerted to the incident after a call from the PM. The prime minister called me late last night in Sydney, it was early morning in New York, and he told me about this breach and his real concerns as it relates to safety and security of information held by government agencies, particularly the circumstances relating to it. Minns described the incident as “a big concern for us in New South Wales”. We do believe there’s been access to a New South Wales government agency as well. Not private information, not personal information, but a similar example of what is generalised information but was not released to the public, being accessed by an open AI agent. Minns said an investigation into the incident and the government’s cyber-security vulnerabilities will be launched. We need to and will examine its impact, both the technology a