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Alastair Macgibbon

Alastair Macgibbon

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Alastair MacGibbon | The real worry is Canberra not spotting the Medicare hack

Alastair MacGibbon | The real worry is Canberra not spotting the Medicare hack

This “rogue” AI agent meant no harm. Put that capability in the hands of a ransomware gang or a foreign intelligence service and we will suffer...

24.09.2026 20

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Alastair Macgibbon

China and USA will not slow the race. We must regulate AI ourselves

Australia cannot pace the frontier on its own, but we can decide what artificial intelligence agents do inside our governments and companies.

15.09.2026 10

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Alastair Macgibbon

Relying on China’s subsidised AI models is not smart policy

On critical technologies, Beijing subsidises market share, assists industrial-scale IP theft, and shuts its markets to competitors. Its AI strategy is...

05.08.2026 40

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Alastair Macgibbon

When the AI breaks out of the vault, guardrails won’t protect business

An unprompted AI agent just hacked a major platform. Australian businesses need to wake up to autonomous cyber risk.

23.07.2026 30

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Alastair Macgibbon

Mythos has business worried. The rest are lulled into false cybersecurity

This is the everyday reality of the technology that runs much of Australia is not well-defended. Health systems. Water utilities. Thousands of others.

04.05.2026 40

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Alastair macgibbon

Anthropic’s new AI model crosses the Rubicon. Why business needs to act now

The cybersecurity minister must act and convene critical infrastructure operators, private sector defenders and artificial intelligence developers...

10.04.2026 40

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Alastair macgibbon