Tech‘Wake-up call’: Labor considers changing Australian laws after OpenAI Medicare hack

Australia’s government is reviewing whether its laws can address an unprecedented hack of Medicare’s statistics website and three other systems by an OpenAI-developed AI agent in June. Ministers said legislation may be needed, while experts called for clearer rules on attributing intention and fault to corporations when AI agents commit crimes. Labor also plans an AI standards bill.

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