Chairman Hawley Launches Investigation into OpenAI for Hacking, Existential Risk of AI Products

This press release from Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) was published on 2026-09-10 and titled "Chairman Hawley Launches Investigation into OpenAI for Hacking, Existential Risk of AI Products".

Chairman Hawley Launches Investigation into OpenAI for Hacking, Existential Risk of AI Products

WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), as Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, launched an investigation into OpenAI for their AI agents’ hack of Hugging Face in July 2026. The investigation will also probe the existential risk of new AI products. In a letter to CEO Sam Altman, Senator Hawley wrote, As Chairman of [ ] The post Chairman Hawley Launches Investigation into OpenAI for Hacking, Existential Risk of AI Products appeared first on Josh Hawley .