Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
AAP
AAP
Politics
Andrew Brown and Will Nicholas

Hack probed with warnings it's 'too late' to contain AI

A rogue OpenAI agent has hacked into a Medicare data base, raising fears of further incursions. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

A rogue bot's hacking of an Australian government website will go under the microscope as Canberra deplores a tech giant leaving it in the dark on the security breach for weeks.

The OpenAI agent's break-in on June 18 to the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service, an online database, will be examined by a warp-speed review into how to fortify public software, the law and the government's relationship with AI firms.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.