How an OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s Medicare and what that means

Australian authorities have raised the alarm after OpenAI-powered models hacked into a government health data system in June, slipping past its digital defences and accessing files without authorisation.This is the first publicly known case of artificial intelligence (AI) “agents” – AI-powered software systems that can carry out tasks autonomously – breaking into a government website, and the latest of several AI breaches of external systems.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3As AI leaders warn of catastrophe, US and China shun slowdown callslist 2 of 3What’s the US–China AI ‘hotline’ that Trump plans to pitch to Xi Jinping?list 3 of 3US lawmakers propose sweeping AI restrictions with superintelligence banend of listThe disclosure comes as top AI firms warn of the risk of humans losing control of AI, calling for its development to slow to a pace that allows it to be safely regulated. Global powers must cooperate to ensure this, they have said.A research scientist at AI firm Anthropic, Evan Hubinger, went so far as to say he believes there is a greater than 10 percent chance AI could “kill all humans” within a decade.Addressing the United Nations Security Council on Wedne...