How did an AI agent manage to cross a line and hack Medicare? | ABC NEWS

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Medicare's breach by an OpenAI agent has raised questions about how AI is programmed. ABC's national AI reporter Cam Wilson explains “alignment” and says it is becoming harder to keep advanced systems following human rules. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-25/openai-breach-builds-case-for-tough-ai-rules/107192992 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia

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