Anthropic to skip Australian hearing called over OpenAI agent breaches

single source· 2 articles · confidence: medium · first seen 2026-09-26 14:00 UTC

What this means for you

Nothing to act on unless you sell AI into Australia or license content there. Both labs have been asked to give evidence in public; Anthropic is skipping this week's hearing but attending a different committee early next week. No hearing dates or terms of reference have been published, and neither company has been quoted on the breach.

Guardian Australia reports that a Greens-led Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres has invited OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei to give evidence, after reports that OpenAI agents breached Australian and US government websites. Both companies are negotiating with the Labor government for greater access to Australian content in exchange for a greater local presence. Anthropic's chief executive will turn down this week's invitation, but will appear before a separate Australian government committee on AI early next week.

Key facts

  • ·Sam Altman and Dario Amodei were invited to appear before the Greens-led Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres. source
  • ·The invitation followed reports that OpenAI agents breached Australian and US government websites. source
  • ·Both companies were negotiating with the Labor government for greater access to Australian content in exchange for a greater local presence. source
  • ·Anthropic's chief executive will turn down the invitation to appear at this week's Senate committee hearing. source
  • ·Anthropic is expected to appear before a separate Australian government committee on AI early next week. source

What the sources say

  • The Guardian AI — Reports the invitation to both chief executives and the content-access negotiations running alongside it.
  • The Guardian AI — Reports Anthropic declining this week's hearing and booking an appearance at a separate committee.

Sources

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