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Australia summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to appear at AI inquiry

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Al Jazeera

What happened

Call to face Senate inquiry follows security breach of Australia's Medicare portal by rogue OpenAI bot in June.

Key facts

  • Reported by Al Jazeera and published Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:08:28 UTC.

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  • Official statements or denials from the governments named
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  • Any follow-up decision, vote or deadline tied to the event

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  1. OpenAI expands review of model behavior after more rogue agent incidents emerge

  2. Private colleges around Australia offering last-minute discounts for diploma allegedly ‘misused by shonks’

  3. Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’

  4. Australia summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to appear at AI inquiry

  5. OpenAI says its AI agents posted user images online in error

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