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Unemployment rises to 4.6%, but a September interest rate hike still looks likely

Unemployment rose to 4.6% in August, new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show. That’s the highest it’s been since November 2021.

The Conversation · 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

The space race should not endanger Australian wildlife

The race to space continues, with the number of rockets launched increasing every year.

The Conversation · Sep 24

'Obviously unacceptable': Australia flags OpenAI agent breach of healthcare database

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday said that an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked into Australia's national healthcare database in June, gaining access to both public and non-public files of the country's Medicare statistics database.

The Times of India · Sep 24

An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare. Will anyone be held responsible?

Australia’s Medicare system manages health and medical data for over 27 million people. So it makes sense there has been widespread shock at the news it was hacked by an OpenAI agent in June.

The Conversation · Sep 24

Australia's prime minister criticizes OpenAI over government website security breach

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned and disappointed at an OpenAI security breach of a government website, which the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal

The Independent UK · Sep 24

OpenAI data breach latest in long list of hacks in Australia

Australia said on Thursday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.

The Economic Times · Sep 24

Are older Australians really safer from crime? The evidence says the harms are just harder to see

Australians are once again mourning after the alleged murders of three women in New South Wales over the weekend. With two of the victims being 70 and 90 years old, questions are being asked about the safety of older people.

The Conversation · Sep 24

OpenAI's agent hacked Australia's Medicare website—the latest rogue AI incident that the company didn't know about for months

“This situation is obviously unacceptable," Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters.

Fortune · Sep 24

Sharks often swim across national borders. Our conservation efforts must travel with them

Almost 11,000 kilometres. That’s how far one white shark swam while travelling from South Africa to Western Australia, before turning around and returning home.

The Conversation · Sep 24