When AI agents go rogue, who can Hong Kong hold accountable?

South China Morning Post - Nov 12, 2026

When OpenAI’s AI agents launched an autonomous attack on Australia’s Medicare portal in June, it took the company 84 days to report what had happened – a delay that exposed gaps in regulatory oversight that Hong Kong industry experts say the city must also address. The incident followed breaches involving Google’s Gemini AI, which compromised three companies a month earlier. Google did not confirm those breaches until September, and only in response to media questions. Such incidents have drawn...

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