OpenAI and Anthropic tell UK lawmakers to regulate them; DeepMind and Meta decline
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-14
At a UK parliamentary evidence session, OpenAI and Anthropic backed binding statutory AI safety rules, deepening a split with Google DeepMind and Meta.
- Anthropic (Liam Booth-Smith): "The rules should be binding" — voluntary commitments are not enough.
- OpenAI (Tom Duff Gordon): Supports a statutory framework and international convention, starting with mandatory incident reporting; "basing everything on voluntary commitments for frontier risk is not a good long-term plan."
- Dissent: Google DeepMind's Owen Larter said the focus should be standards; Meta's Rob Sherman pointed to existing regulators. Neither backed new legislation.
- Backdrop: The session featured four frontier firms, four whistleblowers, and came as Britain's spy chief warned AI could enable novel bioweapons.
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