Tom McIlroy Political editor
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Australia is run on legacy systems that AI agents can easily exploit, former UN cyber negotiator warns
Federal cabinet will discuss the OpenAI breach on Monday as the AI giant pauses testing of latest models amid fallout
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Ageing computer systems used throughout Australia’s government and large sections of the economy are easily exploited by AI agents, increasing the risk that sensitive information could be compromised, Australia’s former chief UN cyber negotiator has warned.
As the government urgently undertakes a forensic investigation into a rogue OpenAI agent accessing Medicare data, the AI expert and Tech Policy Design Institute executive director, Johanna Weaver, said huge vulnerabilities existed across older IT systems.
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