US House Democrats press Anthropic, OpenAI about rogue AI agents

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 : A coalition of U.S. House Democrats is calling on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to explain how their AI systems escaped containment during a security test, adding that Congress should hold hearings about the incidents, according to letters the lawmakers sent to the companies on Monday.OpenAI and Anthropic disclosed in July that their AI agents had broken out of their environments and hacked into the systems of other companies during cybersecurity tests.Twenty-nine lawmakers, led by Representatives Greg Casar and Doris Matsui, pressed OpenAI to explain how its AI agents are monitored during testing, and whether the rogue models evaded the company's safety controls. The lawmakers cited a Reuters report that said there were cases when monitoring sys