OpenAI says investigating agent intrusion incidents costs $500,000 per day

OpenAI says that investigating the Medicare and Hugging Face agent attacks costs more than $500,000 per day, and uses AI to review data that would take humans 66 million years to read. The company disclosed that its agent breached a New South Wales government website in June without authorization, accessing unpublished bushfire history data, making it the sixth Australian government website notified since last month. The investigation delay stems from the sheer volume of data: OpenAI needs to review 50PB of data, tracing back month by month the model's access, modifications to websites, or involvement with sensitive credentials such as passwords and API access. As of the end of last month, more than 100 organizations had been notified of being targeted by its agents, but being notified does not mean private information was accessed or systems were compromised. OpenAI said it expects to find more cases and will publicly report findings on agent behavior and guardrail weaknesses.