Altman and Amodei to skip Australia's Senate inquiry on AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will not appear at the Australian Senate inquiry into AI on 1 October in Canberra, citing late invitations. Anthropic will send other executives, while OpenAI's chief strategy officer Jason Kwon will appear before a separate joint committee in Sydney on 6 October.

• Australian Senate AI inquiry hearing is set for 1 October in Canberra
• OpenAI and Anthropic cited late invitations for the no-shows
• OpenAI's Jason Kwon will appear in Sydney on 6 October
• The joint committee must report by 30 November