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Unauthorized, but not a crime? #Shorts

November 12, 2026
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Can unauthorized access not be a crime? In Australia, that question is behind a change to the law on artificial intelligence.

Can unauthorized access not be a crime? In Australia, that question is behind a change to the law on artificial intelligence.

AI agents accessed non-public Medicare statistics without authorization. But according to the information in the episode, it appeared that OpenAI had not broken any existing laws. The Federal Police explained that they did not open a criminal investigation because they had not received a formal report of a crime.

The government wants to update the rules: it is proposing mandatory standards and a regulator able to penalize breaches. It will also study how to adapt criminal law to the actions of artificial intelligence systems.

The key is to close the gap between what technology can do and what the law can prosecute.

Full episode: https://youtu.be/CX2fFqz6atc

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