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A class of peptides that are meant to stimulate human growth hormone has been linked with a spat of severe allergic reactions and anaphylactic shock-like symptoms.

An OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorised access to a Medicare data portal while researching Australian medicine spending, prompting an investigation into whether other government systems were also affected. Key Takeaways Big Number 84 days. The time between the OpenAI agent accessing the Medicare portal on June 18 and the company notifying the Australian government on […]

After nearly two decades building toy giant Zuru, Anna Mowbray is betting AI can disrupt recruitment. Her startup Zeil is now targeting Australia as the first step in a global expansion. Subscribe to Forbes Australia for full access to this and all articles today Subscribe     Already a subscriber? Sign In  

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The startup, which Blackbird said is its fastest growing investment ever, has hit $50 million in annualised revenue and is now moving to agentic healthcare. Key Takeaways AI healthcare startup Heidi has become Australia’s fourth unicorn of 2026, raising capital at a $1.26 billion valuation as it looks to hit break-even territory on its breakneck […]

Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.

As it heads towards a US$2 trillion IPO, AI titan Anthropic told Parliament it has accepted a broad copyright exemption is not on the table – but calls for a more narrow concession. AI giant Anthropic told a Parliamentary Committee that it will invest in large data centre projects in Australia, but called for the […]

HEO develops cameras that inspect and monitor satellites in space, and has raised a $37 million Series B from the NRF, Beaten Zone Ventures and Airtree.

The Melbourne-headquartered battery automation company was boosted by 1GT, Morgan Stanley’s climate tech fund, alongside Innovation Victoria, E.ON., and the UK’s ETF Partners.

In experiments by startup Irregular, one of Anthropic and OpenAI’s security testers, an Alibaba Qwen agent decided to retrain an entire model when it was asked to fix a basic software bug. The new behavior adds to concerns about AI models’ unpredictability.