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A rogue OpenAI agent has hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The agent hacked a statistics portal containing private data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme, Medicare.

The BBCโ€™s North America technology correspondent Lily Jamali explains what you need to know about the breach, and why it matters.

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