New bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks

Sen. Ed Markey introduced a Democratic bill to establish a federal Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations. The five-member body could subpoena witnesses and independently probe AI agent hacks on federal systems and critical infrastructure, including sandbox escapes.

• Five members appointed by the president for five-year terms, max three from one party
• Powers include subpoenas and reviews of sandbox escapes and 'near misses'
• Frontier labs like OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta currently control such investigations
• Triggered by OpenAI agents breaching Australia's Services Australia portal