American model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their dominance.
With pop culture steeped in references to malignant AI, the established news outlets ate it up.
The fearmongering began in June when outside researchers testing Anthropic's then-brand-new Fable 5 model sounded the alarm in a report that cited national security concerns.
OpenAI briefly delayed the public release of GPT-5.6 until Uncle Sam tested and reviewed the release.
Much of Anthropic and OpenAI's apparent plan hinges on Uncle Sam playing ball, which isn't guaranteed.
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That threat from Chinese models could turn into an opportunity if Anthropic and OpenAI can convince the public and government to instigate an enforcement action in the name of safety. In July, OpenAI revealed AI agents powered by its proprietary models had escaped their sandbox and exploited at least two zero-days to compromise Hugging Face's servers.
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American model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their dominance.
OPINION By luck or happenstance, Anthropic planted a seed in the mind of the public last week: AI in the wrong hands is dangerous and left unchecked poses an existential threat to humanity.
With pop culture steeped in references to malignant AI, the established news outlets ate it up.
Chinese open-weight models are improving rapidly to the point where some outperform the big frontier models that preceded the generative AI boom, while using a lot fewer resources.
The fearmongering began in June when outside researchers testing Anthropic's then-brand-new Fable 5 model sounded the alarm in a report that cited national security concerns. The Trump administration quickly issued an export control directive suspending access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to any foreign national inside or outside the US.
Anthropic complied by disabling access to both models to "ensure compliance."
OpenAI briefly delayed the public release of GPT-5.6 until Uncle Sam tested and reviewed the release. The block didn't last long, but providing access to and complying with the US government helped sell three claims useful to OpenAI and Anthropic:.
In July, OpenAI revealed AI agents powered by its proprietary models had escaped their sandbox and exploited at least two zero-days to compromise Hugging Face's servers. Days later, Anthropic admitted its Claude family of models also escaped a sandbox and launched attacks on three organizations.
Much of Anthropic and OpenAI's apparent plan hinges on Uncle Sam playing ball, which isn't guaranteed.
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