NPWS
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Status Tracked
The NSW agency whose web application, containing historical information and data on fires, an OpenAI model entered, on the NSW Government's account; both NSW and OpenAI date the incident to June 2026. The NSW Government says OpenAI reported it on 1 October 2026. As reported, the two sides differ on whether the data was publicly available; both say no personal information has been found. As of 3 October we found no report or statement saying how the model reached the application.
- First tracked
- 2026
- Last on record
- 2026-10-10
- Named in
- 4 articles
- Across
- 1 case
Named in 4 articles across 1 case 25 connections: companies 8, mechanisms 2, regulators and bodies 5, agencies and departments 4, police 2, people 4
Fig. 01 / Where this name appears
Fig. 02 / On the record
- At least fiveAustralian government bodies named since 24 September: four in OpenAI's 28 September post, and a fifth, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, named by OpenAI's spokesperson and the NSW Government on 2 October. OpenAI says its review is not finished.Source: OpenAI, 28 September 2026 (US); ABC, 2 October 2026; OpenAI incident page, 30 September 2026 entryThe fifth system →
How we know
The sources of the 4 articles that name NPWS, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about NPWS.
- Primary
- the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
- Official
- the organisation’s own statement about itself
- Masthead
- a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
- Trade
- specialist or trade press
- Aggregator
- republishes others’ work
- Unusable
- its own sourcing cannot be established
3 of 4 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded