Australian inquiry demands OpenAI explain how it will stop AI accessing private data

Australia's Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence opened four days of hearings with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google. Committee chair Jo Briskey and senator David Pocock want OpenAI to explain how it will prevent AI agents from accessing non-public Services Australia data and why it was slow to notify the government about the Medicare incident.

• Four-day parliamentary hearings include OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google
• OpenAI apologised for its AI agent accessing Medicare data at Services Australia
• Committee wants guarantees it won't happen again and answers on the delayed notice
• Anthropic proposed an opt-out for rightsholders; SBS called it routinely bypassed