# What happens when AI commits a crime

An episode of [If You're Listening](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1381291342), 10 Aug 2026, 21 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/nb/Z/tl.mp3

Last month, a new AI model from OpenAI made headlines when it hacked into another AI company's servers during testing. Nobody asked the AI to hack anything. It just decided that was the fastest way to get the answers it needed. Now the ABC's national AI reporter Cam Wilson has uncovered the first case of an autonomous AI hack here in Australia. Cam joins Matt to explain what happened, and who's responsible when an AI agent breaks the law. Follow If You're Listening on the ABC Listen app. Check out our series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTPrMoGHssAfgMMS3L5LpLNFMNp1U_Nq

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