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AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities and experts warn ‘there is more of this to come’

Council on AI Strategy chief says incident unlikely to be isolated and country should enhance capability to detect and report incidentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTechnology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have […]

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An OpenAI agent infiltrated Medicare – and Australia only found out months later. Here’s what we know so far

Experts say ‘fairly minor’ breach is a portent of things to come and proprietary closed systems like OpenAI are ‘the least of the worries’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare and three

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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman

Prime minister says he expressed ‘disappointment’ to chief executive it had taken the company ‘way too long’ to inform his government about the breachFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June.Australia’s

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Australia claims it is a global pioneer in preventing online harm – should other countries follow suit?

As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller countryGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastStatesmen, shysters, dictators. Over the years, the United Nations has seen all kinds of world leaders.But when he arrives in

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The tussle over Australian datacentres is just beginning – and it’s been far from easy so far | Tom McIlroy

As he negotiates Australia’s AI future, the prime minister is under pressure from leaders of conservative states and territoriesAustralian Politics podcast: Who actually benefits from new datacentres in Australia?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTucked away at the end of a media release from the Australian Energy Market Operator this week

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No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions

Energy minister says states can apply to use coal and gas supply to power datacentres but must prove it is cheaper than renewablesChris Bowen insists federal Labor’s new national laws on datacentre power supply will not include carve-outs for Queensland and the Northern Territory, with states that are eager to use coal and gas required

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Albanese backs down on states powering AI datacentres using sustainable energy

Shift comes after Chris Bowen said Labor would use constitutional powers to override states resisting renewable rulesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has backed down on demands that states must power new AI datacentres entirely using sustainable energy, with Wednesday’s meeting of national cabinet flagging carve outs for jurisdictions

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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’

Prime minister will use national cabinet meeting to assuage premiers over new AI law as AEMO forecasts seven-fold rise in datacentre power useGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese will seek to use Wednesday’s high-stakes talks with premiers to quell growing unhappiness about national controls on datacentre developments, promising new

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Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns

Australia’s corporate watchdog says PM is the figure most commonly used in deepfakes to promote phony investment opportunitiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere has been a steep rise in scammers luring victims into phony investment opportunities using deepfakes of celebrities and politicians, Australia’s corporate watchdog has warned.And Anthony Albanese is

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Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy

Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland and the Northern Territory have rejected the federal government’s plans to mandate that AI datacentres use renewable power, rubbishing Anthony Albanese’s proposals to regulate the

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