Australia’s outdated technology is vulnerable to AI hacking attacks, signals chief says

Abigail Bradshaw, chief of one of Australia's top intelligence agencies, warned that AI attacks could exploit the country's outdated technology, saying "enormous" amounts of money are required to update systems that people now expect to be constantly available. The warning comes as the Australian government negotiates guardrails on artificial intelligence's rapid development. Anthropic chief Dario Amodei, whose company develops Claude, separately warned AI bots could swarm the internet within a year and called to "slow the pace" of development, with backing from OpenAI head Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

Australia’s outdated technology is vulnerable to AI hacking attacks, signals chief says The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology Abigail Bradshaw says ‘enormous’ amounts of money required to update systems that people now expect to be constantly available - Get our breaking news email https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau sfl , free app https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3 or daily news podcast https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau sfl One of Australia’s top intelligence agencies has warned that AI attacks could exploit the country’s old technology, as the government negotiates its guardrails /glossary/guardrails on artificial intelligence /glossary/artificial-intelligence ’s rapid development. The chief of Anthropic /glossary/anthropic , developer of Claude /glossary/claude , has warned AI bots could swarm the internet within a year and called to “slow the pace” of development with support from the head of OpenAI and Elon Musk https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/13/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-back-anthropic-calls-brakes-ai-development . Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/15/australias-outdated-technology-is-vulnerable-to-ai-hacking-attacks-signals-chief-says Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. Key Terms Explained Anthropic /glossary/anthropic An AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei. Artificial Intelligence /glossary/artificial-intelligence The science of creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence — reasoning, learning, perception, language understanding, and decision-making. Claude /glossary/claude Anthropic's family of AI assistants, including Claude Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. Guardrails /glossary/guardrails Safety measures built into AI systems to prevent harmful, inappropriate, or off-topic outputs.