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How China’s Token Resellers Create an Anthropic Gray Market

By Jing Yang, Juro Osawa and Qianer Liu · Oct 2, 2026 6:00am PDT
In Beijing’s Haidian District, a bustling hub for local universities and tech companies, six out of the roughly 30 tenants in one run-of-the-mill office building are all in the same business, according to one occupant of the building: selling Chinese customers access to Anthropic’s Claude and other models from U.S. AI companies. They’re not... In Beijing’s Haidian District, a bustling hub for local universities and tech companies, six out...
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Google, OpenAI and Anthropic AI Safety Group Takes Shape

By Leo Schwartz and Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 24, 2026 6:00am PDT
Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a plan to create a new AI safety-focused standards body on their own, without government oversight, in hopes of launching it by the end of the year or early in 2027, according to people familiar with the matter. The three companies tentatively plan to name the self-regulatory organization the... Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a plan to create a new AI safety-focused...
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California’s Effort to Regulate AI Would Stifle Innovation

By Lauren Wagner · Jun 5, 2024 9:22am PDT · 3 comments
The artificial intelligence boom has ignited an intense response from regulators that will shape the future of AI startups, platforms and open source. President Joe Biden last year issued an executive order on AI and the EU has its AI Act. In the first half of 2024, state lawmakers across the U.S. have introduced 745 AI-related bills—10... The artificial intelligence boom has ignited an intense response from regulators that will shape...
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OpenAI and Anthropic Neared Deal to Stress Test Each Other’s AI

By Amir Efrati and Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 21, 2026 6:55am PDT
OpenAI is rethinking a range of safety strategies as it responds to fears from employees and others about the dangers its AI poses. One solution could lie in the recent past. Even before the spate of cybersecurity incidents involving OpenAI’s technology and the dire warnings from industry workers, the company was negotiating a legally binding... OpenAI is rethinking a range of safety strategies as it responds to fears from employees and...
Anthropic, OpenAI ‘Pacing’ Spooks Some Startup Customers
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Anthropic, OpenAI ‘Pacing’ Spooks Some Startup Customers

By Julia Hornstein · Sep 15, 2026 4:25pm PDT
It’s not clear what impact the pledges by Anthropic and OpenAI to slow the pace of AI development will have on their upcoming public offerings. But the comments are having real effects already: more people outside Silicon Valley and Washington are now alert to potential risks from AI in a way they weren’t even very recently. That’s not great... It’s not clear what impact the pledges by Anthropic and OpenAI to slow the pace of AI development...
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Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Quietly Discussed an AI Safety Standards Body

By Leo Schwartz · Sep 13, 2026 12:16pm PDT · 1 comment
Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have been holding discussions about working together to create a standards body for the AI industry, people familiar with the matter said, even before Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on Saturday for AI companies to coordinate on testing and auditing the technology. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, for his part, told staff at... Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have been holding discussions about working together to create a...