I think there is enough here for a judge to order a search warrant. It doesn't mean yet a crime has been committed, but there is enough to start some kind of compelled discovery process to find out what the fuck is going on.

Since it's an important enough corporation that got caught, in a sane society it should not make a difference, but we low key have a two-tiered justice system from the looks of it.

The government can choose to sue (civil) or prosecute individuals/executives (criminal liability).

Assuming there is some legitimate explanation (I'll be interested in hearing this one!) they likely won't, but will now establish higher level reporting channels with OpenAI and Anthropic, and perhaps check their important email boxes more often regardless. ;-)

Australia gave up on their sovereignty when they chose US submarines. They're just reaping what was sown at this point (not submarines, that's for sure).