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		defrost 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cybe... Worst local (Australia) example of that `Following a public statement by Hansford about his use of Microsoft's AI chatbot Copilot, Crikey obtained 50 documents containing his prompts... FOI logs reveal Australia's national security chief, Hamish Hansford, used the AI chatbot Copilot to write speeches and messages to his team.` (subscription required for full text): https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/australia-national-secu... It matters as he's the most senior Australian national security bureaucrat across five eyes documents (AU / EU / US) and has been doing things that makes the actual cyber security talent's eyes bleed.

jacquesm 37 days ago [–]

Holy crap that is such a bad look. That guy should immediately step down and if he doesn't he should be let go.

le-mark 37 days ago | [–]

That wasn’t my first thought. My first thought was; every senior executive everywhere is probably doing the same thing.

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