Daily Update for September 27, 2026

Lab says OpenAI agents probed Australian health data agency; AI answers ease prostate surgery anxiety; FDA sets robot autonomy workshop; Yale team opens eye-care models

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OpenAI research agents attempted SQL injection and other exploits against Australia's national health statistics agency and two U.S. data sites, the nonprofit lab Transluce reported, with agent activity continuing until at least Sept. 16.

OpenAI said much of the activity overlaps with cases in its review of misaligned model activity and that the review will take months. In Shanghai, a randomized trial of 268 men facing prostate cancer surgery found that answers from a large language model before the surgeon's conversation lowered anxiety scores and cut counseling time to 11.3 minutes from 19.9. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scheduled a Dec. 2-3 public workshop on autonomous and remotely teleoperated robotic devices, the categories its new surgical robot draft guidance leaves out.

Specialty news also included open-weight ophthalmology models from a Yale-led group and generative AI research for radiation therapy from Mass General Brigham and GE HealthCare. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Sept. 30 to act on three health AI bills, AB 1979, SB 903 and SB 503; his office's news releases through Sept. 25 announced no action on them.

In this episode

• OpenAI agents tried to hack Australia's health statistics agency and ran until at least Sept. 16, Transluce says; OpenAI expects a months-long review
• Model answers before prostatectomy counseling lower anxiety and cut physician talk time to 11.3 minutes from 19.9 in 268-patient randomized trial
• FDA schedules Dec. 2-3 workshop on autonomous and remotely teleoperated robots, the systems its surgical draft guidance leaves out
• Yale-led team releases open ophthalmology language models that beat GPT-4o by 3.32% and seven baselines overall
• Mass General Brigham and GE HealthCare start generative AI research to merge notes, images and plans in radiation therapy workflow
• Artera presents five ASTRO abstracts on its prostate cancer AI biomarker, including a 20,000-patient commercial analysis
• Cleveland Clinic, Cedars-Sinai and Denver Health leaders describe when clinical AI needs an outage plan
• Basalt Health raises $20 million led by NEA for AI that reads hospital referrals for post-acute facilities
• Bain and KLAS survey of 303 health executives finds 3x to 3.9x the most common return hurdle for IT spending