Ethiopia's president said that, despite continued interference by hostile forces in the country's internal affairs, the country has exercised considerable restraint.

Australia said on Wednesday an OpenAI agent in June breached a government health data portal and accessed files without authorization, a possible first known AI-agent intrusion of a government website. Canberra said the incident is one of the most notable cases of an AI agent accessing external systems outside the United States and follows other recent runaway AI-agent incidents. Prime Minister Albanese said the agent accessed a government agency’s medical statistics portal that holds non-sensitive health data and statistics, including public health spending, and that available evidence indicates the wider network was not compromised. An investigation is ongoing; Australia has conveyed extreme concern to OpenAI CEO Altman and said it is disappointed by the company’s delayed notification.

Bank Indonesia governor said the central bank will boost incentives for swap transactions with other central banks by reducing costs.