Canberra, September 27 (TNA) The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic have been called to appear at an Australian Senate inquiry into AI, days after the revelation that a rogue OpenAI bot had hacked the country's health system database. The Medicare breach is one of the highest-profile incidents of AI agents accessing external systems outside the US.
OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have been sent written requests to appear at the inquiry, scheduled to hold public hearings in the capital, Canberra, on Thursday. The Senate inquiry is examining the potential impacts of AI and data centres on Australian communities, industries, water and energy. It is one of several state and federal probes into AI.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who revealed the June breach of Medicare on Thursday, called it "unacceptable", saying he had voiced "extreme concern" to Altman.