GoKawiilOpenAI, Anthropic back binding UK AI rules; Google DeepMind, Meta demur
At a UK parliamentary hearing, representatives from OpenAI and Anthropic said voluntary safety pledges are insufficient and called for statutory, binding AI regulation, including mandatory incident reporting. Google DeepMind and Meta did not endorse new legislation, instead pointing to existing standards and regulators as sufficient.
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The split suggests frontier AI firms disagree not just on tactics but on whether government oversight should be legally enforceable, which could shape how UK lawmakers design future AI rules. Committee chair Liam Byrne said the hearing was intended to expose these divisions publicly, indicating lawmakers may use such splits to justify stronger legislative action.
- Anthropic and OpenAI publicly support binding UK AI regulation over voluntary commitments.
- Google DeepMind and Meta resisted calls for new statutory frameworks, citing existing regulators.
- UK lawmakers appear to be using industry disagreement to push toward mandatory oversight.
Source: wired.com — Ben Gartside, 2026-10-13
Published there as: “OpenAI and Anthropic Tell British Lawmakers: Regulate Us”
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