The federal government is considering legal action against OpenAI after an AI agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia portal, but the Opposition has accused Labor of missing the bigger issue.
The AI agent accessed public and non-public files on the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service Portal in June.
Hume argued the incident should prompt greater scrutiny of the cyber security of government systems.
Watt also said the government was examining why the relevant minister was not informed sooner after OpenAI told Services Australia.
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The federal government is considering legal action against OpenAI after an AI agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia portal, but the Opposition has accused Labor of missing the bigger issue.
Environment Minister Murray Watt said a task force investigating the incident would examine whether criminal charges could be brought against OpenAI under existing Australian law.
But Deputy Opposition Leader Jane Hume said the focus on potential legal action was overlooking what she described as the central concern: whether Australian government systems are adequately protected from capable artificial intelligence.
“To be honest, I think we’re missing the most important point here,” Hume told Sunrise.
“The only reason we know that this breach occurred was because OpenAI told us so.”
The AI agent accessed public and non-public files on the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service Portal in June.
The government has said the information was non-sensitive and no personal information is believed to have been accessed.
Hume argued the incident should prompt greater scrutiny of the cyber security of government systems.
Watt pushed back on the criticism.
Watt said the incident showed the need to ensure Australian laws kept pace with artificial intelligence.
Watt also said the government was examining why the relevant minister was not informed sooner after OpenAI told Services Australia.
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