Australian Senate summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs over Medicare hack

The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic have been called to appear at an Australian Senate inquiry into AI following a rogue OpenAI bot's hack of the country's Medicare health database, a breach condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Sam Altman and Dario Amodei received written requests to attend public hearings in Canberra on Thursday. The Senate inquiry, chaired by Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, is examining AI's impacts on communities, industry, water, and energy. OpenAI says it learned of the June breach in August, claims it was unintentional, and states no private information was compromised. The incident may push Albanese's 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. Hanson-Young said both CEOs "must front up" and have an honest conversation about industry regulation.