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Illustration for the story: An OpenAI Agent Hacked a Government Health Database. Australia Is Still Working Out What That
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An OpenAI Agent Hacked a Government Health Database. Australia Is Still Working Out What That Means.

A rogue AI agent broke into part of Australia's Medicare system in June. OpenAI waited until September to tell Canberra. The delay may be just as alarming as the breach itself.

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An OpenAI Agent Hacked Medicare. Australia Found Out Months Later.

An AI agent built by OpenAI broke into Medicare and three other systems in June 2026. Australia's government learned about it only in September. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned.

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Policy

Australia's PM Tries to Calm State Leaders Over National AI Datacentre Law

Anthony Albanese heads into a national cabinet meeting promising that new federal controls on datacentres will work alongside state rules, not override them. Behind the scenes: power bills, planning fights, and a seven-fold rise in electricity demand.

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Deepfake scams using Australia's PM have cost victims $7.4 million, ASIC warns

Australia's corporate regulator says fake AI-generated videos of Anthony Albanese are the most common tool scammers use to push phoney investment schemes.

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Policy

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Bubble Will Burst, and Bosses Will Regret Firing Their Staff

The sci-fi author and tech critic is touring Australia with a blunt message: replacing workers with AI tools is a short-term fix with a very long hangover.

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Policy

Australia's PM outlined an AI vision. Creatives cheered, but a big question went unanswered

Anthony Albanese promised new laws to protect Australian artists and writers from AI. Critics say the speech was long on mood and short on detail, and one issue was missing entirely.

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Policy

Australia's AI Plan Is Bold. The Tech Giants It Must Deal With Are Bigger Than Most Governments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to get ahead of artificial intelligence. The companies he will need to negotiate with have revenues larger than many national economies.

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Policy

Australia's Prime Minister vows to protect artists from AI copyright theft and clamps down on data centres

Anthony Albanese has pledged that writers and musicians will keep control of their work and get paid when AI companies use it. New rules will also govern where giant data centres can be built and how much power they consume.

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Policy

Australia's PM Promises Fast-Track Approvals for AI Data Centres. Critics Say That's Not Enough.

Anthony Albanese wants to speed up permits for the giant computer facilities that power AI. But policy experts warn Australia needs accountability guardrails first.

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Policy

Australia Plans a Single Office to Oversee All of AI's Risks and Rewards

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will be the first country to bring economic, security, social and environmental AI concerns under one national roof, while fast-tracking approvals for data centres.

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Policy

Albanese to call AI a turning point as big as renewable energy, but artists get no copyright answers

Australia's prime minister will address AI policy in a Sydney speech this week, comparing the technology's rise to the renewable energy shift. Creative industries hoping for copyright protection news will have to keep waiting.

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Policy

Australia's creatives versus AI companies: the copyright fight heading to Canberra

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to address artificial intelligence this week as Australian artists demand their work stops being used to train AI without permission or pay.

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