Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres.
The chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic have been called to face a Senate inquiry after rogue OpenAI agents hacked Australian and US government websites.
A separate joint committee, led by Labor members, has not made a similar request.
Anthony Albanese returned to Sydney on Saturday, where he challenged OpenAI to explain why there had been multiple breaches involving its agents, including the hack of Australian government sites.
The prime minister said OpenAI’s confirmation its agents had also meddled with US government websites showed there were “dozens” of cases of AI agents accessing information without authorisation.
Albanese spoke to Altman on Wednesday (US time) before revealing the hack and said the CEO had offered “further discussions” on security.
The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said Altman needed to publicly answer questions about the Australian hack.
An inquiry grilling would risk embarrassment for the companies and the government after months of private negotiations to allow AI training on millions of global texts in Australia.
Albanese did not directly answer when asked earlier this week whether the incident had changed the government’s view on whether to partner with OpenAI.
Murray Watt, the environment minister, said on Saturday OpenAI’s behaviour was “completely unacceptable”.
OpenAI and Anthropic have been contacted for comment.