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

No personal information is believed to have been accessed in the Medicare breach, but experts say it is ‘pretty clear’ that the government is ‘behind in all things cybersecurity, in most things AI’. Photograph: Susie Dodds/AAP

Anthony Albanese says an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare and three other systems in June – and the company only notified Australia earlier this month.

The prime minister has expressed his “extreme concern” over the incident, although he noted no personal information is believed to have been accessed in the breach.