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Canada watching OpenAI’s Australia hack ‘closely,’ officials say

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Canada is monitoring an artificial intelligence agent’s reported hack of an Australian government website, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada said. The June incident targeted the Medicare website, which serves Australia’s publicly funded health insurance plan. A department spokesperson said the security of Canadians and the systems they rely on remains a top priority.