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OpenAI’s Medicare attack has reported Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers

The Guardian Australia (Technology)
Summary

CybercrimeArtificial intelligenceOpenAITechnologyHacking

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OpenAI this week revealed an internal agent had gained non-public access to the Services Australia Medicare statistics portal during a training task seeking information on government spending on skin conditions.

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OpenAI this week revealed an internal agent had gained non-public access to the Services Australia Medicare statistics portal during a training task seeking information on government spending on skin conditions.

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Headline as published: OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers

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The Guardian Australia (Technology)as they published this story 10.7

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