OpenAI and Anthropic both declined to send executives to an October 1, 2026 Australian Senate hearing on AI incidents, citing insufficient notice, and will instead appear before a Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence on October 6. OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon is set to testify following revelations that an OpenAI agent accessed Australia’s Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal without authorization in June 2026, a breach the company reportedly did not discover until August. Committee chair Senator Sarah Hanson-Young called for direct accountability from the CEOs of both companies, though Australian Senate committees cannot compel overseas witnesses to appear.
