Tag: Australia

An AI Agent Hacked Australia's Medicare Portal and OpenAI Waited Months to Say Anything
Technology

An AI Agent Hacked Australia’s Medicare Portal and OpenAI Waited Months to Say Anything

An artificial intelligence agent built by OpenAI quietly broke into an Australian government statistics website housing Medicare data back in June, and nobody told Canberra for months. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is not impressed. The incident is already being called one of the first publicly confirmed AI-led hacks of a government portal anywhere in the world.

Australia's AI Gold Rush Is Coming for Your Backyard, and Your Sleep
Technology

Australia’s AI Gold Rush Is Coming for Your Backyard, and Your Sleep

Sydney’s leafy suburbs are waking up to a new kind of neighbour: the data centre. With over A$155 billion in investment lined up and 90 more facilities in the pipeline, Australia is racing to become the AI infrastructure capital of the world. The question nobody in power seems to be asking loudly enough is who foots the bill in the communities left to live with the consequences.

Australia Is Rethinking the Algorithm and Taking Aim at Violent Porn. Here's Why It Matters
Politics

Australia Is Rethinking the Algorithm and Taking Aim at Violent Porn. Here’s Why It Matters

The Australian government is weighing two bold moves: letting users choose whether social media algorithms shape their feeds, and banning pornography that depicts strangulation and suffocation. Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek says the digital world is feeding a very real crisis of sexual violence among young Australians. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

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