The executives did not consider the incident a threat to national security because they believed the hacker was a private individual with no known ties to a foreign government.
OpenAI is not the only company building increasingly powerful systems using rapidly improving AI technology.
Today’s AI systems can help spread disinformation online, including text, still images and, increasingly, videos.
But there is not much evidence that today’s AI technologies are a significant national security risk.
The committee includes Paul Nakasone, a former Army general who led the National Security Agency and Cyber Command.

A hacker stole OpenAI secrets, raising fears that others could, too