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OpenAI, Anthropic Safety Talks Stir Startup Concerns

Bloomberg Technology Wednesday 16 September 2026, 18:04 UTC 1 min read
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AI startups are growing concerned that calls from Anthropic and OpenAI to “pace” frontier development could lead to a new regulatory framework shaped by the industry’s biggest players. Bloomberg’s Natasha Mascarenhas and Maggie Eastland discuss the reaction from founders and investors and early talks among OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind on common safety standards. Also being debated in Washington is if those efforts require government involvement or changes to antitrust rules.

AI startups are growing concerned that calls from Anthropic and OpenAI to “pace” frontier development could lead to a new regulatory framework shaped by the industry’s biggest players. Bloomberg’s Natasha Mascarenhas and Maggie Eastland discuss the reaction from founders and investors and early talks among OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind on common safety standards. Also being debated in Washington is if those efforts require government involvement or changes to antitrust rules. They join Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
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