Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic summoned to the Australian Senate after hacking AI of state resources

The head of OpenAI and the head of Anthropic Dario Amodei was summoned to a meeting of the Australian Senate, reports The Guardian. The trial began after OpenAI gained access to government websites.

On Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that in June, the AI agent OpenAI unauthorized access to the Australian Medicare system, as well as several other resources of the Ministry of Health of the country. Mr Albanese said OpenAI had notified the government of the incident until September 10, sending an email to a "public mailbox." The prime minister called the situation unacceptable and said he had personally spoken to Sam Altman about it.

The heads of OpenAI and Anthropic have been invited to speak at the Green Party-initiated investigation into AI and data centers. The head of the inquiry, Greens Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, said Mr. Altman should answer questions about the hack publicly. “All this cannot be discussed behind closed doors. The public has a right to know what happened here, the parliamentarian said.

At the same time, the Australian Labor government is discussing with OpenAI the expansion of work and the possibility of training AI in Australia. Asked if the incident had changed the authorities' view of the feasibility of such cooperation, Prime Minister Albanese did not directly respond.