Furious questions after Medicare AI breach rocks Australia
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Australia is launching a taskforce to counter “emerging (artificial intelligence) cyber threats” after a rogue OpenAI agent hacked into Medicare data. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said the taskforce would be led by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, giving the Prime Minister direct visibility. “This will be a taskforce that will be rapid,” he said. “It will look at this incident thoroughly but it will also examine our posture in respect of emerging AI cyberthreats. “It will look at the security of government networks, it will look at the legal arrangements that we have in place in respect of an incident of this kind. “The terms of reference of this task force are being made public now.” It comes after the government revealed that one of OpenAI’s agents had accessed the Medicare portal, which is run by Services Australia. They said the AI model was running into barriers while researching health-related information on Australia, and then found ways around secur
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