WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) called on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to provide answers on the safety of the company's newly released model and to reconcile concerning statements regarding its ongoing development practices. In a letter, the Senator pressed Altman to answer a series of questions around the development of OpenAI's new model as well as recent security failures. Senator Van Hollen also urged Altman to immediately grant researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Security Agency, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency full, transparent access to the technical information that would al...