An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government national healthcare database earlier this year, the country’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday, in what appears to be the first known incident of an artificial intelligence agent breaching a major government database.
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 […]
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 […]
Two proposed amendments to superannuation will be a boon for the startup sector, predicts King River Capital.
Labor tech lieutenant Andrew Charlton will on Tuesday warn data centres alone will not enable Australia to capture enough economic value from AI.
OpenAI has hired Hanbury Strategies and Communications for government relations services. Hanbury has long operated in the UK but setup shop in Australia this year after recruiting both Liberal and Labor insiders.
“We should not treat AI as a threat to good jobs, we must use it as an instrument to create them,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, pledging to legislate national AI standards – including copyright protections – by early 2027. A swaggering Anthony Albanese declared Australia the best place in the world to invest in […]
Copyright law has become the central flashpoint of Australia’s AI and data centre policy. Sharon AI chief executive James Manning says no changes are needed.
Employers will be required to pay superannuation monthly as of tomorrow rather than the existing quarterly scheme as the Government attempts to crack down on unpaid super.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack after facing mounting political and community pressure.