Canada is watching developments “closely” as concerns around the dangers of artificial intelligence are escalating sharply following an Australian government website being hacked by an OpenAI agent, officials said.

Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed details of the June hack, which targeted the website for Medicare, Australia’s publicly funded universal health insurance plan.

“The Government of Canada is aware of the incident reported by the Government of Australia and is following developments closely. The security of Canadians and of the systems they rely on remains a top priority,” a spokesperson for Innovation…

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