OpenAI and Anthropic oversold security breaches to pressure feds, insiders say
hei-lima · hn · 2026-09-20
The New York Post, citing insiders, reports that OpenAI and Anthropic overstated the severity of recent AI security incidents in order to pressure federal regulators into interventions that would protect their turf. The story frames their security disclosures as competitive positioning over the regulatory landscape rather than pure risk transparency, raising fresh questions about the credibility of AI-lab breach claims.
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