Documents relating to a meeting between the Australian Statistician and OpenAI

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The release contains email correspondence from June 2025 about an invitation to a private dinner in Canberra on 30 June 2025, hosted by OpenAI and featuring Dr Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji, OpenAI's Chief Economist. The invitation, sent to Australian Statistician Dr David Gruen by an OpenAI representative and copied to an external adviser at Bourke Street Advisory, invited senior public sector leaders to a Chatham House-rules discussion on how governments are approaching AI, industry policy, and AI adoption in the public sector. Dr Gruen's office accepted and confirmed his attendance on 24 June. The emails include the RSVP list, which is withheld. No ABS statistical collection, dataset, methodology, or privacy safeguard is discussed.