The Latest Breaking News from Services Australia

Anthropic will not appear at Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres amid fallout from OpenAI hack

Company behind Claude chatbot expected to attend separate Australian government hearing on AI next week

The Guardian - AU · 15h ago

Australia’s legacy systems were already a cyber risk. AI agents are raising the stakes

In the days since an artificial intelligence (AI) agent operated by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia portal holding Medicare statistics, important questions have been raised about Australia’s readiness to prevent future breaches.

The Conversation · 17h ago

One of the great untold stories of the 2003 Canberra bushfires

Even more than two decades after the disaster, inspiring stories continue to emerge.

The Canberra Times · Sep 25

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

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

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

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 Canberra Times · Sep 24