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OpenAI on Friday revealed another hack into a second Australian government agency, a week after the disclosure of an initial hack fueled public backlash against the ChatGPT-maker.

An AI model gained access to fire statistics kept by a state agency in New South Wales (NSW) that were not publicly available from the department, OpenAI said in a statement to ABC News on Friday.

The company discovered the incident as part of a wider investigation into "misaligned model activity," OpenAI said.

The AI model, according to OpenAI, queried the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service's Fire History service in a manner that "went beyond its intended use, gathering summary fire statistics that weren't publicly available through the service."

"The results we reviewed do not show that the model retrieved any personal information," OpenAI added.

The office of NSW Premier Chris Minns did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

In a statement to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Premier's Department said it believes the incident took place in June, but OpenAI informed government officials about it on Thursday.

A host of NSW government agencies is working to "to investigate the matter and assess its impact," the Premier's Department said in the statement.