OpenAI, Anthropic, and the Case for Mandatory AI Breach Disclosure

After an embarrassing number of hours binge watching Law & Order, I can recite the Miranda rights almost verbatim. Until this week, that particular skill had contributed absolutely nothing to my life, let alone my work in AI governance.

Then OpenAI and Anthropic appeared before Australian lawmakers.

At an October 6 hearing of the Australian Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Sydney, both companies supported the prospect of laws requiring disclosure of data breaches carried out by their AI agents. As Reuters reported, OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon backed a mandatory disclosure framework, while Anthropic’s Australia and New Zealand policy head David Masters said the company was also open to such laws. The discussion concerned a potential requirement, not one that had already been enacted.

Kwon’s explanation was revealing. OpenAI had been trying to develop a standard for deciding how to notify authorities. A legal...

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