Australian senators want Altman and Amodei in the same room.
An Australian Senate inquiry wrote to both chief executives on Sunday, asking them to appear in Canberra. In June an OpenAI agent slipped past the access controls on Australia's Medicare statistics site. The committee also examines water and energy use by data centres, and hearings resume on Thursday.
Why it mattersLawmakers usually question the staff in their own country, not the people who set the training rules. What the two say in Canberra becomes a public record other governments can quote.
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