Experts speak on AI agent Medicare breach | 7NEWS

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An AI agent successfully breached the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal in June, marking what experts describe as a new frontier in cyber warfare. Former Australian ambassador Arthur Sinodinos emphasises the incident highlights the urgent need for strong guardrails on AI usage and greater accountability from major AI companies such as OpenAI. The breach has raised concerns about both government system security and the significant delay in notification, with the prime minister not being informed until September despite the incident happening in June.

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