'They're all pushing for it': ex-PM's social ban praise Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has hinted US state governments to follow Australia's lead and implement a social media ban for under-16s. AAP · Sep 24
'Only do it together': PM's call to arms to UN leaders Anthony Albanese has stressed the need for countries to put aside differences to collectively tackle global issues like AI during a national address to the UN. AAP · Sep 24
Australia accuses officially OpenAI agent of hacking their Medicare. They were only informed months later in an email to public inbox: ‘unacceptable’ If this were a human, they would have been prosecuted immediately. We Got This Covered · Sep 24
OpenAI Knew of Medicare Breach When Altman Met Australian Minister, Who Says It Went Unmentioned OpenAI knew an AI agent had breached an Australian government health statistics portal before Sam Altman met Defence Minister Richard Marles, but officials were notified nine days later. International Business Times UK · Sep 24
Pocock calls for AI safety act after Medicare breach – as it happened Follow the day’s news live The Guardian - AU · Sep 24
OpenAI Preaches AI Safety. The Australia Incident Shows What It Practices. Sam Altman called for international regulation and "speedy incident reporting" at the U.N. on the same day Australia's prime minister said OpenAI took too long to disclose a breach. Reason · Sep 24
Why our casual approach to AI is dangerous Hacking our Medicare data is a clear signal we need to get serious. The Canberra Times · Sep 24
Canberra mulls criminal charges over Medicare AI hack Australia's current laws are ill-equipped to go after OpenAI for letting one of its agents go rogue and hack a Medicare website, a legal expert says. AAP · Sep 24
Australian Government To Probe OpenAI Agent After It Breached Health Portal and Bypassed Security Blocks OpenAI faces an Australian government probe after an AI agent bypassed security blocks and accessed non-public Medicare portal files, triggering fury over delayed disclosure. International Business Times UK · Sep 24
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 incidents The Guardian - AU · Sep 24
An OpenAI Agent Broke Into An Australian Medicare Portal. It Had Already Tried Bypassing Other Websites. Australian officials say no personal Medicare records were exposed, but OpenAI waited nearly three months to notify the government about the June breach. International Business Times · Sep 24
Journalists Still Barred From White House Plus: Manhole climbers, Beshear mulling 2028 run, God bless the commenters, and more... Reason · Sep 24
An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet ‘Our models took actions we did not intend,’ ChatGPT maker admits after latest outrage The Independent UK · Sep 24
Grattan on Friday: when rogue AI agent ‘scaled a fence’, it reinforced Albanese’s case for tough guardrails The revelation that an AI agent turned rogue and breached a firewall to get at Medicare statistics has strongly reinforced Anthony Albanese’s case for tough guardrails on this transformative technology. The Conversation · Sep 24
The Economic Times · Sep 24 Explained: How OpenAI breached a government website in Australia and what happens next Australian PM Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent breached a government health website in July, accessing non-public Medicare data. Australia has launched an inquiry into the incident, including OpenAI’s delayed disclosure and how the breach went undetected.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 24 OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste All Australians should demand independent means to protect ourselves from Dr Sam Altman Frankenstein and Daddy America
The National (Scotland) · Sep 24 AI agent infiltrates government health website prompting urgent review AN OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government health website in what is believed to be one of the world's first known…
The Independent UK · Sep 24 OpenAI agent hacks into Australian health data in ‘world-first’ AI breach of government body Albanese says OpenAI did not alert the Australian government to breach until 10 September
Euronews · Sep 24 Albanese says OpenAI hacked government health website in 'obviously unacceptable' breach OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent a message to a generic email inbox that is only checked once each day.
The Canberra Times · Sep 24 Email address 'looked at once a day': how Services Australia failed to report hack by AI model A string of 'legacy' government websites could be at risk.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 24 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’
The Guardian - AU · Sep 24 Everyone is talking about Albanese’s selfie with Trump. What was the PM thinking? Trump is not popular in Australia, even if the prime minister views close ties with the US as a key pillar of foreign policy
AAP · Sep 24 'We can meet this challenge': PM pushes climate action World leaders need to make the economic case for the pish to renewables to help protect Pacific nations from rising sea levels, Anthony Albanese says.
AAP · Sep 24 Why the PM shared a stage with movie stars, sports boss Anthony Albanese was in esteemed company at the Atlantic Council's Global Citizen Awards on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.