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An OpenAI AI agent hacked an Australian government health website, including the Medicare portal, and Australia is investigating whether the breach broke the law.
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The BBC's North America technology correspondent Lily Jamali explains how the Medicare breach involving OpenAI and the Australian government happened and why it matters.
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