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  "id": 7559057,
  "title": "Anthropic and OpenAI look to Uncle Sam to make them too big to fail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/anthropic-and-openai-look-to-uncle-sam-to-make-them-too-big-to-fail-7559057",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/15/anthropic-and-openai-look-to-uncle-sam-to-make-them-too-big-to-fail/5296403"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic and OpenAI are pushing for government intervention to protect their position as dominant AI players. Despite billions invested, both companies are yet to become profitable and are heavily reliant on continued funding. Meanwhile, Chinese open-source models are rapidly improving, sometimes outperforming the leading models while using fewer resources. Fearmongering over the potential dangers of AI has been ramped up last week when researchers tested Anthropic's Fable 5 model and discovered a single prompt could pose a national security risk. This led to the Trump administration imposing export controls on the model. OpenAI also briefly delayed the release of GPT-5.6 for US government review after a similar incident. The mounting pressure has forced Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei to claim that AI could be as dangerous as Skynet, and that the company needs to pace the advancement of AI models. However, critics argue that the issue lies not with the intelligence of the AI models, but rather with the inadequacy of the containment measures put in place. The companies should be held accountable for any harm caused by their models, but instead, they are being used as scapegoats to justify government intervention and delay in AI development.",
  "summary": "American model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their dominance",
  "key_points": [],
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        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Anthropic and OpenAI look to Uncle Sam to make them too big to fail",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/anthropic-and-openai-look-to-uncle-sam-to-make-them-too-big-to-fail",
        "published": "2026-09-15T13:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "OpenAI says it has been working with Anthropic and Google for several weeks on AI safety, and it does not need an antitrust waiver to coordinate on safety (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg Law)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-says-it-has-been-working-with-anthropic-and-google-for-several",
        "published": "2026-09-15T14:40:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "OpenAI is working with Anthropic, Google on AI safety, Bloomberg News reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-is-working-with-anthropic-google-on-ai-safety-bloomberg-news-7572621",
        "published": "2026-09-15T14:52:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "OpenAI is working with Anthropic, Google on AI safety: Bloomberg News",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-is-working-with-anthropic-google-on-ai-safety-bloomberg-news",
        "published": "2026-09-15T14:53:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "OpenAI confirms joint safety efforts with Anthropic, Google DeepMind",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-confirms-joint-safety-efforts-with-anthropic-google-deepmind",
        "published": "2026-09-15T14:57:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-anthropic-google-have-been-in-talks-on-ai-safety-for-weeks",
        "published": "2026-09-15T15:47:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "OpenAI, Anthropic and Google in talks to create a standards body as AI fears rise",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-anthropic-and-google-in-talks-to-create-a-standards-body-as-ai",
        "published": "2026-09-15T17:03:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "OpenAI, Anthropic's push to slow down AI development is based on caution or finances? - analysis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-anthropics-push-to-slow-down-ai-development-is-based-on",
        "published": "2026-09-15T17:22:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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