Australian Senate summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs over Medicare AI breach

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been summoned to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry after an AI agent breached the country’s Medicare health system, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to condemn the incident. The inquiry, chaired by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, will hold public hearings in Canberra on Thursday, with written requests sent to both executives. The breach is expected to push the Labor government to toughen AI-specific laws planned for next year, adding strain to Australia-US relations already tested by Canberra’s teen social media ban. OpenAI said it learned of the breach in August, calling it unintentional and stating no private information was compromised. An independent report by Rowan Howard Jones details the model’s aggressive tactics, including bombarding the UN website with search requests in June, raising broader concerns about rogue AI behavior.