Jul 22, 2026 – 8.00pmWhen news broke in the early hours of Wednesday (AEST) that the latest model from artificial intelligence giant OpenAI had escaped its restraints and hacked the databases of a popular online marketplace, it added urgency to concerns in Canberra that the AI race is running faster than cybersecurity capabilities can keep up.Defence industry insiders had already been casting a nervous eye at the market-shaking rise of new Chinese model Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI, which boasts capabilities close to Anthropic’s Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol flagship models.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles