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Recent headlines about an OpenAI agent accessing an Australian government Medicare statistics portal have understandably caused concern. The incident deserves scrutiny. An AI agent gained unauthorised access to non-public aggregate health statistics and internal files on 18 June. The government says there is no evidence that personal Medicare records were accessed, or that the wider Services Australia network was compromised. However, the delay in reporting the incident was r

For years, one of the standard responses to a suspicious investment opportunity has been: “Search the company online.” That advice is no longer enough. ASIC has warned that scammers are using generative AI to create convincing networks of fake credibility. A person may encounter a deepfake endorsement, follow it to a fabricated news article, find a professional-looking website and then see positive reviews that appear to confirm the opportunity is legitimate. Every part of th