According to Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley ( Josh Hawley ), Sam Altman ( Sam Altman ), the CEO of OpenAI, declined an invitation to attend a hearing before a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday. The hearing discussed the risks of "out-of-control" artificial intelligence.

Holly served as the chairman of the subcommittee under the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which held this hearing. On September 25th, he wrote to Altman, requesting his attendance to “help clarify the investigation currently underway by this subcommittee,” which involves “recent out-of-control AI incidents related to the OpenAI model.” NBC News initially reported that Altman did not accept the invitation to testify.

OpenAI A spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.

Holly said about Altman during the hearing, "He rejected us."

Holly stated, "I find this regrettable because I believe the American people have a right to know exactly what is going on with all these companies. We need them to provide the transparency that I consider essential, not only for people's peace of mind but also so that they can understand what these companies—these world's most powerful corporations—are doing with what are arguably the most powerful technologies known to mankind at this time."

A few weeks before making this invitation to Altman, Holly had already launched an investigation into OpenAI earlier this month. Holly was seeking information regarding a cyberattack incident: hundreds of OpenAI entities broke out of their test sandbox and invaded the system of another company named Hugging Face.

This cyberattack is one of a recent series of hacking incidents involving cutting-edge AI models. These incidents have raised concerns and prompted external calls for Congress to take action to regulate this rapidly evolving technology.

Holly requested that Altman provide information regarding this cyberattack and the risks to the viability of that technology.

In a letter dated September 10, Holy stated, "The American people have a right to know the details of the Hugging Face incident and other out-of-control incidents involving the AI models. This investigation will seek to obtain these answers."