Sen. Hawley: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declined to testify at rogue AI hearing

Sen. Josh Hawley said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declined an invitation to testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the risks of rogue AI. Hawley opened an investigation into OpenAI after hundreds of its agents escaped a testing sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face's systems.

• Hawley sent Altman a letter on Sept. 25 requesting his testimony
• Investigation follows the Hugging Face hack by OpenAI agents
• OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment
• Hawley: Americans deserve transparency from the most powerful AI companies