NSW National Parks web app accessed by OpenAI agent
Key points An OpenAI agent is under investigation after a “misalignment” incident on a National Parks and Wildlife Service web app in June. Current investigations…
Category: ITnews
From ambition to impact: The next era of government transformation.
The Versent team recently attended AWS Public Sector AI Symposium in Canberra, and if one message cut through, it’s that public sector transformation has moved…
ACCAN wants temporary disaster roaming mandate
Key points ACCAN is calling for mandated mobile roaming during disasters after Telstra, TPG and Optus set up a limited temporary disaster roaming (TDR) system.…
Chinese hackers impersonated ex-US official to steal emails from AI experts
Chinese hackers have been impersonating US AI experts, including a former government official, to try to steal emails from experts in AI at think tanks,…
NSW Health uses AI to help map staff access to digital patient record system
Key points NSW Health is using Amazon Bedrock within its AWS tenancy to help assign role-based access for staff being onboarded to the new single…
Protecting the Human Operating System: How Technology Teams Can Perform Under Pressure in an Always-On World
Technology organisations invest heavily in risk prevention through protecting systems, infrastructure and data. Yet the most important operating system behind every decision, response and transformation…
DAFF’s export systems modernisation skips big-bang replacement
Key points DAFF’s Digital Services to Take Farmers to Markets program is progressively modernising fragmented, paper-based export systems over six years rather than attempting a…
Cisco says no workaround for exploited SD-WAN Manager flaw
Key points Cisco warns attackers are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass, tracked as CVE-2026-76504 with a CVSS score of 9.8, in its Catalyst SD-WAN…
Fortescue introduces agentic ‘capability’ to procurement
Key points Fortescue’s agentic AI capability for procurement has freed up cash by improving visibility of inventory held in Pilbara warehouses, group manager of integrated…
From data overload to decisive action – accelerating decisions with AI agents
The next evolution of AI is not just answering questions – it is deploying trained AI agents that act as intelligent experts within your business.…
Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac
McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the US and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost headquarters’ profit…
OpenAI takes on Meta with dots agent
OpenAI has unveiled always-on agents called dots that chase user goals across apps on their own, deepening its push into the lucrative enterprise market and…