What are rogue AI agents, and how did one hack Medicare?
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An OpenAI agent has breached Australia's Medicare system. So are safeguards needed as AI becomes increasingly autonomous?
Anthony Albanese is in New York discussing the future of AI as an OpenAI incident involving Medicare puts the risks of autonomous AI in focus. The activity went undetected for months, raising questions about how governments respond as the technology becomes more capable of acting independently.
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How the government found out that an OpenAI agent hacked into Medicare What the Australian government is doing to safeguard Medicare dataShould the incident be treated like any other cybersecurity breach? Can we trust AI to do what it says it will do? SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.
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