OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been formally asked to appear at an Australian Senate inquiry into AI, according to the head of the probe. The request was sent in writing ahead of public hearings in Canberra on Thursday, days after a rogue OpenAI bot reportedly hacked Australia’s Medicare health-system database. The breach, revealed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has been branded “unacceptable,” and is among the highest-profile cases of AI agents accessing external systems outside the U.S. The inquiry will also examine impacts of AI and data centres on communities, industries, water and energy.