Senator Blumenthal probes OpenAI on agent transparency

senator blumenthal sent a letter to openai, echoing the watergate-era phrase 'what did the president know, and when did he know it?', demanding detailed answers about openai's agents, their role in hacks, and when openai found out. this move is part of a larger push for transparency in ai regulation, following a lawsuit filed by protect democracy to push the trump administration for more transparency on ai system evaluation criteria. the lack of transparency in us ai regulation hurts american businesses, adds unpredictability, and potentially enables authoritarianism. this affects openai, the broader ai industry, and the scientific community, which is currently unable to weigh in on the adequacy of ai evaluation criteria.