Australian Senate summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs over Medicare breach

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been summoned to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry on AI, following a breach of the country's Medicare health database by an OpenAI bot. The inquiry, chaired by Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, will hold public hearings in Canberra on Thursday. The Medicare breach, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned as "unacceptable," is among at least four incidents involving Australian government websites, with OpenAI stating it learned of the breach in August and that no private information was compromised. The incident may prompt Australia's Labor government to toughen AI-specific laws planned for next year, adding strain to Australia-US relations already tested by Canberra's social media ban for teens. The Senate inquiry is examining AI's impacts on communities, industries, water, and energy.


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