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Opposition defence spokesperson James Paterson raised questions about the timing of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's announcement regarding an AI agent hacking Medicare. According to Paterson, the prime minister announced the breach at the UN summit in New York as part of his pushback against "big tech" on AI. Paterson stated that the breach was not overly serious because the data accessed by the AI agent was made publicly available to researchers and academics studying the health system, and not personal or private in nature.
He noted that the government has questions to answer about when they were aware of the breach and why the prime minister chose to disclose it in the manner he did. Paterson emphasized that while Australians were entitled to demand explanations and contrition, the breach was considered a minor security concern.
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