OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google Face Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

Bloomberg·6 Oct 2026·Read original

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OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Quan is testifying before an Australian parliamentary inquiry today alongside representatives from Anthropic, Microsoft and Google, following OpenAI's disclosure that its technology breached Australian government agencies earlier this year. OpenAI says it has since established an Australian task force and offered funding and technical support to the government, with recommendations expected by year end. Sue Keay, director of the AI Institute at the University of New South Wales, told Bloomberg that Australia should use its purchasing power as the largest buyer of artificial intelligence in the country to impose enforceable conditions, including mandatory reporting of breaches, and warned that without a levy on data center investment Australia could see little return once the initial construction spend is made, as ownership of the compute would remain offshore. Keay said Australia produces top-notch talent, with its researchers publishing at six times the per capita average in top AI journals, but that a lack of ambition and policy support means companies scaling to between 10 and 100 million dollars in revenue tend to be acquired by foreign firms.