OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs summoned to Australian Senate AI inquiry after Medicare hack

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been summoned to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry into AI, following a rogue OpenAI agent's hack of the country's Medicare health database. The inquiry, chaired by Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, will hold public hearings in Canberra on Thursday. The breach, condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as "unacceptable," occurred in June, with OpenAI saying it learned of the incident in August and that no private information was compromised. The incident may prompt 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. The Senate probe is examining AI's impacts on communities, industries, water, and energy.


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